THE PEOPLE v. SERRANO

No. 38176.

32 Ill.2d 84 (1965)

203 N.E.2d 885

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RAFEAL SERRANO, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SINCLAIR KOSSOFF, of Chicago, 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 KENNEY, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is before us on a writ of error to review the conviction of Rafael Serrano of unlawful possession of marijuana. Following a jury trial he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years. Jurisdiction on direct appeal rests upon constitutional questions arising from an allegedly unreasonable search depriving defendant of rights guaranteed him by the fourth and fourteenth...

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