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PEOPLE v. PATTON

No. 46085.

57 Ill.2d 43 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 572

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. VERNON LEE PATTON, JR., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and James R. Burgess, Jr., State's Attorney, of Urbana (James B. Zagel and John F. Podliska, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

Richard T. West, of Webber, Balbach, Thies & Follmer, of Urbana, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Vernon Lee Patton, Jr., was charged with ticket scalping in violation of section 1 1/2 of "An Act in relation to the sale of tickets to certain places of entertainment or amusement." (Approved June 30, 1923; as amended July 5, 1935.) This act is commonly referred to as the "Ticket Scalping Act." (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 121 1/2, par. 157.32.) It was alleged that the defendant...

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