People v. Ramirez

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, David Ramirez, was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (III. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 5Qxl2, par. 1402(a)(2)(C)), and was sentenced to a term of 35 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending that: (1) the police officers approached him without probable cause, and that the package containing cocaine that he dropped as he fled from the police should not have been admitted into evidence; (2) defendant’s post-arrest statements were inadmissible because they were…