PEOPLE v. PORTER

No. 11843.

13 Ill. App.3d 437 (1973)

300 N.E.2d 314

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHARD PORTER, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

August 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McNichols, Deputy Defender, of Springfield, (J. Daniel Stewart, Assistant Defender of counsel,) for appellant.

Richard A. Hollis, State's Attorney, of Springfield, and James W. Jerz and Betty Compbell Wolf, of Model District State's Attorneys Office, of Elgin, for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Richard Porter, Jr., was convicted of the unlawful sale of a narcotic drug in violation of Illinois Revised Statute, chapter 38, paragraph 22-3.

The offense arose out of the sale of four capsules of heroin to an addict-informer on September 30, 1969. Three special agents of the Illinois Bureau of Investigation, which employed the informant, testified that...

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