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THE PEOPLE v. DIXON

No. 35530.

22 Ill.2d 513 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 224

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALBERT DIXON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAY A. SCHILLER, JR., of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Albert Dixon, waived a jury, was found guilty of the illegal sale of narcotic drugs by the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than fifteen years. He prosecutes this writ of error for review.

The facts in the record present the now commonplace situation where a narcotics addict, in this case Janice...

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