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PEOPLE v. RIVAS

No. 33072.

5 Ill.2d 556 (1955)

126 N.E.2d 638

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JESSE RIVAS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JESSE RIVAS, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and SAMUEL A. PAPANEK, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes here on a writ of error to the criminal court of Cook County. The defendant was indicted for unlawfully selling, dispensing and possessing narcotic drugs, pleaded not guilty, waived trial by jury and after a trial by the court was found guilty of unlawful sale as charged and was sentenced for an indeterminate term of one to five...

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