People v. Alvarado-Aguilar

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCUSKEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Marino Alvarado-Aguilar, was convicted of the unlawful delivery of more than 900 grams of a substance containing cocaine (720 ILCS 570/401(a)(2)(D) (West 1992)). He was sentenced to a term of 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The sole issue raised by the defendant on appeal is whether the sentence imposed is excessive. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in imposing sentence. Therefore, we affirm.

At trial, evidence was presented that the defendant…