PEOPLE v. MORGAN

No. 33018.

2 Ill.2d 360 (1954)

118 N.E.2d 19

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. BETTY MORGAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STEPHEN LEE, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and FRANK WHALEN, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Betty Morgan, brings this writ of error to review her conviction in the criminal court of Cook County upon an indictment for selling heroin in violation of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. She pleaded not guilty and waived a trial by jury. She was found guilty by the court, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not...

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