PEOPLE v. DAVENPORT

Nos. 72-298-9 cons.

19 Ill. App.3d 426 (1974)

311 N.E.2d 751

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHERWIN LEE DAVENPORT, a/k/a DAVE DAVENPORT, Defendant-Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VICKIE OWENS, a/k/a VICKIE GLASS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

May 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Farrell, Deputy Defender, and Robert E. Davison, Legal Director, both of Mt. Vernon, for appellants.

Robert J. Neely, State's Attorney, of Metropolis, and Ralph J. Mendelsohn, of Illinois Model State's Attorneys Support Unit, of Cairo, for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Sherwin Lee Davenport was charged with the offenses of unlawful possession of a hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needles, cannabis, and a controlled substance. The State elected to proceed on the offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance as a misdemeanor, and, following a bench trial in the Circuit Court, of Massac County, the defendant was found guilty and...

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