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THE PEOPLE v. BOYD

No. 35165.

17 Ill.2d 321 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 311

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FOREST BOYD, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEONARD W. GOLAN, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, Assistant Attorneys General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant and William Groves were tried jointly in the criminal court of Cook County without a jury and each was convicted of the crime of selling narcotic drugs. This writ of error is prosecuted by defendant Forest Boyd alone. The sole error which is assigned is that the State's evidence was insufficient to establish defendant's guilt beyond...

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