Supreme Court of Illinois

Conviction for possession of a controlled substance is affirmed where a chain-of-custody issue is an evidentiary matter which should be raised at trial to avoid waiver by procedural default and, although it is possible that a defect in showing chain of custody could be so great as to constitute failure to prove an offense element, this was not the case since the State had made a prima facie showing that proper police inventory procedures were followed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2005
• Published 04/07/2005

Judges

• Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee G. Goldfarb, John E. Nowak, Matthew Connors, Annette Collins, Ashley A. Romito, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Tomas G. Gonzalez, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.