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People v. Vaden

Case Date: 02/04/2003
Court: 3rd District Appellate
Docket No: 3-01-0555 Rel

No. 3-01-0555

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 2003

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ofthe 
ILLINOIS,  ) Twenty-first Judicial Circuit
) Kankakee County, Illinois
Plaintiff-Appellee,  )
)
                    v. ) No. 2000 CF 365
)
USAVIOUS D. VADEN,  )
) Honorable Clark Erickson,
Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge, Presiding

JUSTICE SCHMIDT delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of KankakeeCounty, Usavious D. Vaden was convicted of unlawful delivery of acontrolled substance within 1,000 feet of a church, a Class 1felony. Defendant filed a motion for judgment not withstanding theverdict (judgment n.o.v.), which was denied. After the denial ofdefendant's motion for judgment n.o.v., the defendant was sentencedto 5