No. 3-01-0555
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
THIRD DISTRICT
A.D., 2003
| THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF | ) | Appeal from the Circuit Court ofthe | 
| ILLINOIS, | ) | Twenty-first Judicial Circuit | 
| ) | Kankakee County, Illinois | |
| Plaintiff-Appellee, | ) | |
| ) | ||
| v. | ) | No. 2000 CF 365 | 
| ) | ||
| USAVIOUS D. VADEN, | ) | |
| ) | Honorable Clark Erickson, | |
| Defendant-Appellant. | ) | Judge, Presiding | 
JUSTICE SCHMIDT delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial in the circuit court of KankakeeCounty, Usavious D. Vaden was convicted of unlawful delivery of acontrolled substance within 1,000 feet of a church, a Class 1felony. Defendant filed a motion for judgment not withstanding theverdict (judgment n.o.v.), which was denied. After the denial ofdefendant's motion for judgment n.o.v., the defendant was sentencedto 5