THE PEOPLE v. REED

No. 40048.

37 Ill.2d 91 (1967)

227 N.E.2d 69

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. NORMAN REED, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WALTER LA VON PRIDE, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and RONALD SANDLER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Norman Reed, was tried and convicted in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County for unlawful possession of narcotics. He was sentenced to the Illinois penitentiary for a term of two to three years. He appeals directly to this court contending that a packet of narcotics found in his automobile and introduced into evidence against him was the product...

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