People v. Tilley

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2011 IL App (4th) 100105 Opinion Filed 9/29/11 NO. 4-10-0105 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TINA S. TILLEY, Defendant-Appellant. ) Appeal from ) Circuit Court of ) Livingston County ) No. 09CF40 ) ) Honorable ) Robert M. Travers, ) Judge Presiding. ______________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE COOK delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Turner and Steigmann concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶ 1 In November 2009, following a bench trial, the trial court found defendant, Tina Tilley, guilty of participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, and in December 2009, the court sentenced defendant to 12 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, arguing the State failed to prove she participated in manufacturing between 100 and 400 grams of "a substance containing methamphetamine." 720 ILCS 646/15(a)(1) (West 2008). The State maintains it proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the substance weighed more than 100 grams. We agree with the State and affirm. ¶ 2 ¶ 3 I. BACKGROUND In February 2009, officers from the Livingston County Proactive Unit and the Illinois State Police Methamphetamine Response Team (Meth Response Team) conducted a

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