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PEOPLE v. BINNS

No. 60737.

27 Ill. App.3d 978 (1975)

327 N.E.2d 369

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARSHA L. BINNS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

April 11, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Thomas F. Finegan, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Mary Ellen Dienes, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of unlawful possession of marijuana in violation of section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 56 1/2, par. 704) and sentenced to 30 days in the House of Correction. She contends on appeal that she was not proven guilty of a knowing possession of the marijuana.

A police officer testified for the State that...

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