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THE PEOPLE v. McCOY

No. 35802.

22 Ill.2d 550 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 158

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LUTHER McCOY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SAMUEL NINEBERG, 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, MARVIN E. ASPEN and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Luther McCoy, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook County of unlawful possession of narcotics and sentenced to a term of not less than two nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. Upon his trial he was represented by the public defender, who moved to suppress the packages of narcotics that had been found by police officers in the defendant's apartment, upon...

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