Jovan Sherrod was stopped in a stolen car and arrested. At the police station, a custodial search of his person revealed $35 and a plastic bag containing 17 baggies of cocaine weighing 1.8 grams. A jury convicted defendant of Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver. Our Appellate Court, by Justice Murphy, reversed the intent to deliver element finding insufficient proof of intent to deliver, even in the light most favorable to the State. Read People v Jovan Sherrod, No. 1-07-0989, 10/7/09.
(B.M. MDD)
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