THE PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 36106, 39992 cons.

40 Ill.2d 367 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 580

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARVIN E. GINSBURG and RONALD L. FARKAS, both of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

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 ROBERT B. ROSEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 25, 1958, the defendant, Claude "Pee Wee" Williams, was indicted by a Cook County grand jury for the unlawful possession and sale of a narcotic drug to Inez Anderson, a Chicago police officer, who was working in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. On January 27, 1960, the defendant was found guilty following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook...

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