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THE PEOPLE v. MORGAN

No. 36714.

28 Ill.2d 55 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 755

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALFRED J. MORGAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. DONALD FISHBEIN, 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 KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County and convicted of the crime of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 5 nor more than 8 years. We have issued a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

The first contention advanced by the defendant is that the evidence was insufficient...

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