People v. McCord

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Christine McCord and her husband Gary McCord appeal from jury verdicts finding each guilty of the offense of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 56%, par. 1401(a)(6)).

On July 19,1974, Gary and Christine McCord were indicted, along with Ray Allford and Linda Meyer, for unlawful delivery of a substance containing amphetamine. Defendants’ case was not called to trial until May 11, 1976, because of the pendency of People v. Mayberry, 63 Ill. 2d 1, 345 N.E.2d 97, a case in which the supreme…