People v. Bolden

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Charles Ray Bolden, was convicted of the unauthorized delivery of phencyclidine (PCP) in violation of section 401(d) of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 561/2, par. 1401(d)). He was thereafter sentenced to a term of 3% to 10 years, that sentence to be consecutive to a sentence previously imposed upon a prior conviction.

On appeal, the defendant contends that the jury was improperly instructed regarding the offense of the delivery of PCP; that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; that the prosecutor’s closing…