PEOPLE v. ABBOTT

Gen. No. 51,953.

110 Ill. App.2d 462 (1969)

249 N.E.2d 675

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtis Abbott, 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 (Marshall J. Hartman and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Michael Stevenson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

On a 3-count indictment defendant was convicted by a jury of three offenses of the unlawful sale of a narcotic drug. On each count he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 15 to 30 years, sentences to run concurrently. On appeal defendant asserts error as follows: (1) improper restriction of cross-examination of the informer as to his correct name and address; (2) entrapment; (3) improper instruction...

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