PEOPLE v. SMITH

Gen. No. 50,159.

70 Ill. App.2d 289 (1966)

217 N.E.2d 546

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fleming Smith, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

May 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Marshall A. Patner, 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 Kenneth L. Gillis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was convicted in a bench trial of the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs, and was sentenced to a term in the Illinois State Penitentiary of not less than ten years nor more than eleven years. In this appeal, he does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, but contends: 1) that the State was obliged to reveal the true name of an informer who testified at the trial; 2...

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