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THE PEOPLE v. SMITH

Nos. 40313, 40314 cons.

40 Ill.2d 140 (1968)

239 N.E.2d 814

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDWARD and WILLIAM SMITH, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 21, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD W. VETTER and ROGER R. FROSS, both of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellants.

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 JAMES S. VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Edward Smith and William Smith, defendants, were convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County of unlawful sale of narcotic drugs. On appeal both convictions were affirmed by the Appellate Court. (52 Ill.App.2d 321.) Subsequently defendants filed separate, but virtually identical, petitions under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill...

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