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People v. Manuel

Case Date: 12/31/1997
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-95-4163

                                             Fourth Division
                                             December 31, 1997











Nos. 1-95-4163, 1-96-2144 Cons.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,    )    APPEAL FROM THE
                                        )    CIRCUIT COURT OF
          Plaintiff-Appellee,           )    COOK COUNTY.
                                        )
     v.                                 )                        
                                        )
GERALD MANUEL,                          )    HONORABLE
                                        )    DANIEL J. KELLEY,
          Defendant-Appellant.          )    JUDGE PRESIDING.

     JUSTICE WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:         

     Before his cocaine delivery trial, the defendant Gerald
Manuel challenged the admissibility of recordings of his
telephone conversations with an informant and a drug enforcement
agent.  He was unsuccessful.  At trial, the jury heard the
conversations where the defendant negotiated terms and conditions
for the sale of cocaine.
     After a jury trial, Manuel was found guilty of delivering
more than 100 grams, but less than 400 grams, of cocaine in
violation of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 56