PEOPLE v. JACKSON

Gen. No. 52,087.

116 Ill. App.2d 86 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 624

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Jackson, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

October 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane, James B. Haddad, and Joel M. Flaum, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Robert Jackson, was indicted for unlawful sale of narcotics. The jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment of guilty. The defendant was sentenced to serve ten to thirty years in the penitentiary. No error is alleged in the indictment.

The defendant contends (1) that the prosecutor's comment that the testimony of the State's witness was uncontradicted violated the defendant's constitutional...

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