THE PEOPLE v. QUINTANA

No. 39909.

36 Ill.2d 369 (1967)

223 N.E.2d 161

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOSE L. QUINTANA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES, of Chicago, 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, JOEL M. FLAUM, and E. JAMES GILDEA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

A Cook County circuit court jury found Jose L. Quintana guilty of unlawfully selling narcotics, and he was sentenced to 10 to 15 years imprisonment. We need discuss only one of the issues presented on this appeal.

The sale upon which the conviction was based was alleged to have been made by defendant on September 11, 1963, to an...

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