THE PEOPLE v. GREER

No. 35808.

20 Ill.2d 370 (1960)

169 N.E.2d 750

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RICHARD GREER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CLARKSTON & SCOTT, of Chicago, (LUCAS T. CLARKSTON, and MAURICE SCOTT, JR., of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, and MARVIN E. ASPEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Richard Greer, referred to herein as the defendant, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook County of the crime of dispensing narcotic drugs and has sued out a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

Two errors are assigned, the first being that the indictment was insufficient to charge an offense under the statute. The statute provides as follows: "It is unlawful...

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