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THE PEOPLE v. PEYTON

No. 36454.

25 Ill.2d 392 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 163

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CHARLES LINDBERG PEYTON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES O'BRYANT, 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 and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Charles Lindberg Peyton, in a trial befor the court without a jury, was found guilty of unlawfully selling, dispensing and controlling a narcotic drug, heroin. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten years nor more than ten years and one day. He contends on this writ of error that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, and...

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