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THE PEOPLE v. AUSTIN

No. 35752.

22 Ill.2d 587 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 97

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIE AUSTIN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM J. BRADLEY, of Chicago, (TUOHY & BRADLEY, and ROBERT W. DALEY, both of Chicago, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

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

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Willie Austin, was found guilty of the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs after a trial before a judge, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than four nor more than ten years. Upon this writ of error he urges that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Two Federal narcotics agents, Charles Casey and Gene Looper, testified...

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