PEOPLE v. TROTTER

Gen. No. 51,771.

110 Ill. App.2d 451 (1969)

249 N.E.2d 718

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Travis R. Trotter, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

June 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Professor James R. Thompson, Northwestern University School of Law, James J. Doherty and Marshall J. Hartman, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and James R. Truschke, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant, Travis R. Trotter, was indicted for the crime of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug. Following a bench trial in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Trotter was found guilty and sentenced to a term of two to five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

The defendant was arrested on August 31, 1964, by Officers Campbell and Arnold, upon information from a reliable informer, immediately...

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