PEOPLE v. WATKINS

Gen. No. 50,600.

68 Ill. App.2d 389 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 494

People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Louis Watkins (Impleaded), Plaintiff in Error.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

February 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.A. Sanford, Jr., of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and George Samels, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for defendant in error.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Louis Watkins, was convicted after a jury trial of the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs and was sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than ten nor more than fifteen years. In this appeal defendant contends that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Defendant was arrested on March 7, 1963, for his alleged participation in the illegal sale of the narcotic drug heroin...

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