THE PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 42147.

47 Ill.2d 161 (1970)

265 N.E.2d 139

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PAUL B. EPISCOPE, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and THEMIS N. KARNEZIS (Graduate Law Student) Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial before the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Maurice Smith, was convicted of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug and sentenced to not less than two years nor more than four years in the penitentiary. Defendant contends that the warrantless search of his person that revealed his possession of marijuana constituted a violation of his constitutional rights against...

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