Hollins convicted of Unlawful Delivery of Controlled Substance

[January 02, 2019]  On Wednesday, December 19, 2018, a Logan County jury convicted Dwayne B. Hollins (d.o.b. 8-11-80) of Unlawful Delivery of Controlled Substance, a Class 2 Felony.

Over a two-day jury trial, Assistant State’s Attorney Bradley Hauge presented evidence that in October of 2017 Hollins was staying at a residence in the 1300 block of Delavan Street in Lincoln, Illinois. During that month, Hollins made multiple trips to Chicago for the purpose of buying cocaine and heroin. Hollins would then sell the drugs out of the Delavan Street address, which is located near Washington-Monroe Elementary School.

Upon motion of the prosecution, Associate Judge William Workman, who presided over the case, revoked Dwayne Hollins’s bond and set his next court appearance for 11:00 a.m. on February 19, 2019 for post-trial motions and sentencing.

This is Dwayne Hollins’s fifth felony conviction. In 2015 Hollins was convicted in McLean County of Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance, a Class 1 Felony. In 2002 in Cook County, Hollins was convicted of Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapon, a Class 2 Felony. In 1998 in Cook County, Hollins was convicted of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon, a Class 3 Felony. Also in 1998 in Cook County, Hollins was convicted of Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance, a Class 4 Felony.

Based on Illinois law and Hollins’s criminal history, Hollins is now classified as a habitual criminal and faces a prison sentence of between 6 and 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections to be followed by 3 years of Mandatory Supervised Release (formerly called parole). A sentence of probation is not possible. Hollins has been in the custody of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department since his arrest on May 18, 2018 and he will receive credit for the time he has spent in custody.

The Logan County State’s Attorney’s Office would like to thank the Lincoln Police Department for their hard work and dedication to reducing crimes involving illegal narcotics. Prosecuting those who poison this community with illegal drugs remains a priority with the State’s Attorney’s Office and is taken extremely seriously.

Jonathan C. Wright
Logan County State’s Attorney
Logan County State’s Attorney’s Office