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THE PEOPLE v. LOPEZ

No. 34055.

10 Ill.2d 237 (1957)

139 N.E.2d 724

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FRANK LOPEZ, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 24, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK LOPEZ, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, IRWIN D. BLOCH, JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Frank Lopez, was found guilty of selling and dispensing narcotics (marijuana) to a person under 21 years of age, and the court sentenced him to a term of 25 years to life imprisonment. Appearing pro se, he asks a reversal of this conviction.

Several claims of error are made, including general assertions...

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