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PEOPLE v. SYLVESTER

Gen. No. 49,914.

64 Ill. App.2d 90 (1965)

212 N.E.2d 351

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Q. Sylvester, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

September 24, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (John J. Van Zeyl and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Kenneth L. Gillis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE ENGLISH delivered the opinion of the court.

After a bench trial defendant was convicted of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years to two years and a day. Ill Rev Stats (1963), ch 38, §§ 22-3 and 22-40. Defendant contends that the evidence did not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and, more specifically, that the State's proof failed to show any connection between defendant and...

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