THE PEOPLE v. HOSKINS

No. 37018.

25 Ill.2d 333 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 214

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LESLIE HOSKINS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES and CARL MINKUS, 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 and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and M. ROBERT OSTROW, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial before a judge of the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Leslie Hoskins, was found guilty of unlawfully dispensing narcotics and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten nor more than fifteen years. On this writ of error he asserts that the prosecution knowingly used perjured testimony to bring about his conviction, and that he was entrapped...

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