PEOPLE v. CARTER

Gen. No. 50,327.

69 Ill. App.2d 448 (1966)

217 N.E.2d 413

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Carter, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

April 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emilie N. Wanderer, of Chicago, for appellant.

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


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

After a jury trial, defendant, John Carter, was found guilty of the unlawful sale of narcotics. On appeal, defendant's principal contention is that the evidence was insufficient to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The conviction is based on the testimony of an informer and a police officer. The informer was Theodore Hall, an admitted narcotics addict and ex-convict, who had been an informer...

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