May 8, 1998

                              No. 2--97--0623
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                                  IN THE

                        APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

                              SECOND DISTRICT
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF           )  Appeal from the Circuit Court
ILLINOIS,                            )  of Kane County.
                                )
     Respondent-Appellant,           )  No. 91--CF--99
                                     )
v.                                   )
                                     )
MANUEL F. HERNANDEZ,            )  Honorable
                                     )  Philip L. DiMarzio,
     Petitioner-Appellee.            )  Judge, Presiding.
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     JUSTICE DOYLE delivered the opinion of the court:

     Petitioner, Manuel Hernandez, pleaded guilty to the unlawful
possession of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 56