THE PEOPLE v. CLAY

No. 37150.

27 Ill.2d 27 (1963)

187 N.E.2d 719

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROBERT W. CLAY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 1, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT W. CLAY, pro se.

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 JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Robert W. Clay was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the unlawful sale of narcotics. The court found him guilty in a bench trial and fixed his sentence at 10 to 12 years in the penitentiary. On this writ of error he contends that his counsel's cross-examination was unduly restricted by the court, that the prosecution knowingly used

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