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THE PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 40459.

40 Ill.2d 501 (1968)

241 N.E.2d 185

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES and WALTER LA VON PRIDE, both of Chicago, 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 JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William Smith, was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County of illegal possession of narcotics and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than twenty nor more than forty years. He appeals directly to this court, charging that the prosecution should have been required to produce its informant at a preliminary hearing, that the trial court erred in failing...

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