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THE PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 36157.

21 Ill.2d 547 (1961)

173 N.E.2d 451

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM WRIGHT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MICHAEL H. BRODKIN, and MYER H. GLADSTONE, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, William Wright, was tried by the court without a jury in the municipal court of Chicago and was found guilty of the crime of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District (25 Ill.App.2d 474,) and the case is now here on a writ of error issued by this...

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