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PEOPLE v. MARTIN

Gen. No. 50,627.

84 Ill. App.2d 117 (1967)

228 N.E.2d 557

People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. John T. Martin (Impleaded), Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

May 25, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Brian Crowe, James J. Doherty and Frederick F. Cohn, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane, Ronald Sandler and Thomas M. Burnham, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, John Martin, was indicted for the crime of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. Appearing pro se, he was tried by a jury, found guilty, and was sentenced to serve a term of two to three years in the penitentiary.

Although several contentions are made in behalf of the defendant in this appeal the principal one, and the only meritorious one in our opinion, is that he was prevented from...

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