THE PEOPLE v. GREEN

No. 39458.

36 Ill.2d 349 (1967)

223 N.E.2d 101

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN GREEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LESTER ROSEN, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

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 JOEL M. FLAUM, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of burglary in a bench trial in the then criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to a term of four to eight years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. He contends that his arrest was illegal and that introducing in evidence the articles taken from him was in violation of his constitutional rights because the articles were fruits of an unlawful seizure.

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