THE PEOPLE v. MAURICE

No. 38025.

31 Ill.2d 456 (1964)

202 N.E.2d 480

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. BENNIE MAURICE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD M. DENENBERG, 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 GEORGE W. KENNEY, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and PAUL A. O'MALLEY, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

A writ of error issued to the then criminal court of Cook County in September, 1963, to review the conviction of Bennie Maurice in a bench trial on an indictment charging the illegal dispensing of narcotics for which he was sentenced to a term of 10 to 30 years imprisonment. We have retained jurisdiction under the Judicial Article since

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