THE PEOPLE v. LA BOSTRIE

No. 34631.

14 Ill.2d 617 (1958)

153 N.E.2d 570

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH LA BOSTRIE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WARREN J. CAREY, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, WILLIAM H. SOUTH, FRANCIS X. RILEY, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

Joseph La Bostrie was convicted in the criminal court of Cook County of the crime of unlawful possession of narcotics under an indictment which charged a prior conviction of the same offense. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 50 years nor more than life imprisonment. We granted a writ of error upon his petition

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