PEOPLE v. STURGIS

No. 56288.

14 Ill. App.3d 181 (1973)

302 N.E.2d 114

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LONNIE E. STURGIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

August 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Shelvin Singer and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Kenneth L. Gillis and Robert J. Cohen, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed; sentence set aside and cause remanded.

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

On April 27, 1971, the defendant, Lonnie E. Sturgis, was found guilty, after a jury trial, of unlawful possession of narcotics (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 22-3). He was sentenced to a term of five to ten years.

On appeal defendant contends that (1) the trial judge erred in allowing the prosecution to use for impeachment...

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