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THE PEOPLE v. PARSON

No. 36631.

27 Ill.2d 263 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 311

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. PRINCE PARSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. ERNEST LAFONTANT, 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 EDWARD J. HLADIS and WILLIAM J. MARTIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Prince Parson, and Earl Carpenter were indicted for the crime of selling narcotics in violation of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 38, par. 22.) The defendant was tried before the court without a jury, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a minimum of 10 and maximum of 12 years. The defendant here contends that the he was not...

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