THE PEOPLE v. McFADDEN

No. 38492.

32 Ill.2d 101 (1965)

203 N.E.2d 888

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALBERT McFADDEN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JAMES J. DOHERTY, of counsel,) 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 MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Albert McFadden was convicted of the crime of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs in a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 2 years to 2 years and 1 day. A constitutional question gives us jurisdiction.

Defendant's sole contention is that the trial court erred in denying his...

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