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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Gen. No. 49,706.

75 Ill. App.2d 50 (1966)

221 N.E.2d 48

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Odessa Williams, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

September 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Frederick F. Cohn 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 James B. Zagel, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

After a bench trial, defendant, Odessa Williams, was found guilty of the offense of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug. She was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 5 to 7 years.

On appeal, it is not disputed that defendant was improperly sentenced. For that reason, we consider only defendant's contentions (1) that the evidence was not sufficient...

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