Nos. 2--95--0668, 2--95--1370 cons.                    
                                                                  

                                  IN THE

                        APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

                              SECOND DISTRICT
                                                                  

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE              )  Appeal from the Circuit
OF ILLINOIS,                         )  Court of Du Page County.
                                     )
     Plaintiff-Appellee,             )
                                     )
     v.                              )  No. 92--CF--1104
                                     )
RAYMOND SIWEK,                       )  Honorable
                                     )  Thomas E. Callum,
     Defendant-Appellant.            )  Judge, Presiding.
                                                                  

     JUSTICE INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:
     Defendant, Raymond Siwek, appeals his conviction of two counts
of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of
section 1401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev.
Stat. 1991, ch. 56