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THE PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 35902.

24 Ill.2d 195 (1962)

181 N.E.2d 164

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EDGAR LEE JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES V. FALKENBERG, JR., of Chicago, appointed by the court, 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 DEAN H. BILTON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Edgar Lee Johnson and John Henry Banks were indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs. Banks pleaded guilty and Johnson was found guilty in a trial before the court. Johnson prosecutes this writ of error to review the judgment finding him guilty and fixing his punishment for a term of not less than ten nor more than eleven years.

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