THE PEOPLE v. ORR

No. 36439.

24 Ill.2d 100 (1962)

180 N.E.2d 501

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOHN ORR, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES B. EVINS and R. EUGENE PINCHAM, both 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 LAWRENCE I. GENESEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

At a jury trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, John Orr, was adjudged guilty of the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than thirty years. Upon writ of error he contends (1) that the lower court erred in failing to instruct the jury as to the contents of the indictment and (2) that the trial...

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