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THE PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 37395.

27 Ill.2d 557 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 318

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. THOMAS WRIGHT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 29, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DAVID I. HOFFMAN, 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 JOSEPH V. RODDY, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Thomas Wright, and one Robert Bueno were tried jointly without a jury in the criminal court of Cook County, were convicted of unlawfully selling narcotic drugs, and defendant was sentenced to 10 to 12 years imprisonment. This writ of error is prosecuted by Wright alone.

The defendant admits that he sold narcotics but contends that he was entrapped into making...

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