People v. Lamparter

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EBERSPACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Harold Lamparter, was charged in the circuit court of Madison County with unlawful delivery of less than 30 grams of a substance containing heroin. Following a jury trial defendant was found guilty as charged and he was sentenced to a term of three to nine years imprisonment. Defendant brings this appeal.

Defendant’s conviction stems from an illegal transaction made on January 26, 1976, at 6 p.m. to Gary Cammerer, a paid informant for the Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG). The State’s evidence showed that on that…