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THE PEOPLE v. ROMERO

No. 38979.

36 Ill.2d 315 (1967)

223 N.E.2d 121

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSE ROMERO, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDWARD H. FIELDER, JR., 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. JAMES GILDEA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant, Jose Romero, guilty of an unlawful sale of heroin, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. On this writ of error he contests the validity of his conviction primarily on the grounds that an incriminating admission was allowed into evidence in violation...

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