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PEOPLE v. HARPER

No. 54147.

131 Ill. App.2d 367 (1970)

266 N.E.2d 480

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SPELLMAN HARPER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

December 8, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Herbert Becker, Norman W. Fishman, and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Elmer C. Kissane and Michael Goldstein, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial the defendant, Spellman Harper, was found guilty of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug and was sentenced to a term of not less than two and not more than three years in the penitentiary. In this court defendant contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and argues that the testimony of the arresting officers was unsatisfactory.<...

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