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THE PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 38960.

34 Ill.2d 41 (1966)

213 N.E.2d 521

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JEAN SCOTT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN T. WEISE and CHARLES J. GRIFFIN, JR., both of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and E. ROGER HORSKY, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Jean Scott was convicted of the crime of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County and sentenced to the Reformatory for Women for a term of 2 to 5 years. A constitutional question gives us jurisdiction.

At approximately 3:30 o'clock P.M. on March 18, 1965, the defendant was arrested without a warrant for illegal possession of narcotic...

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