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THE PEOPLE v. HIGHTOWER

No. 35823.

20 Ill.2d 361 (1960)

169 N.E.2d 787

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MOSE HIGHTOWER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 31, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD T. SAVAGE, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, and EDWARD J. HLADIS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Mose Hightower, was convicted of unlawfully possessing and selling narcotic drugs and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than twenty nor more than thirty years. He prosecutes this writ of error for review contending that certain money used as evidence was seized in violation of his constitutional...

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