People v. Gallagher

A jury found the defendant, Horace Gallagher, guilty of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 56V2, par. 1402(b)). The trial court simultaneously conducted a probation revocation hearing, after which it revoked the defendant’s sentences of probation imposed following prior convictions for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. SGbk, par. 1401(c)). He was subsequently sentenced to a one-year term of imprisonment for the unlawful possession conviction and concurrent terms of four years’ imprisonment for the prior unlawful…