People v. Townsend

On December 20, 1989, the trial court found the defendant, Lucette Townsend, guilty of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 56½, par. 1402(b)). Based on this possession conviction, the State filed a petition to revoke the defendant’s probation in an unrelated retail theft conviction. On January 17, 1990, the police incarcerated the defendant based on the pending petition to revoke her probation. On February 2, 1990, the trial court sentenced her to 20 months’ imprisonment for the possession conviction, giving her credit for four days she had spent in…