People v. Bell

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Peoria County which found Andrew Bell, the defendant, guilty of the delivery of a controlled substance and which imposed a sentence of not less than one nor more than three years in the penitentiary.

The evidence adduced during the defendant’s trial established that on the evening of September 1, 1976, he delivered four capsules purporting to contain heroin to two individuals, two capsules to an I.B.I. agent, Dena Hurst, and two capsules to a confidential source, Alvin Linwood. Linwood immediately handed the two capsules which he had received to…