1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ill.2d
  4. 28 Ill.2d
  5. 28 Ill.2d 518 (1963)
 

THE PEOPLE v. BRASFIELD

No. 37563.

28 Ill.2d 518 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 914

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALLEN BRASFIELD, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ALVIN D. SHULMAN, 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 JOHN J. O'TOOLE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Allen Brasfield, was tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County and convicted of unlawfully possessing narcotic drugs and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 5 nor more than 8 years. He has brought the case to this court on a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

The sole argument here is that a package of narcotics...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases