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THE PEOPLE v. MASON

No. 36003.

28 Ill.2d 396 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 835

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. SAMUEL EDWARD MASON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL L. HUGHES, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and RICHARD T. BUCK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Samuel Edward Mason, was tried in the criminal court of Cook County before a jury and on April 13, 1960, was found guilty of the illegal sale of narcotic drugs, and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of not less than 10 nor more than 15 years. He prosecutes this writ of error to review his conviction.

The defendant contends that the trial...

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