PEOPLE v. LEEMON

No. 48153.

66 Ill.2d 170 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 573

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LARRY LEEMON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Anne Taylor, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong and Russell H. Boothe, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association Appellate Assistance Service, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

James Geis, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Chicago (Ruth Stern Geis, of counsel), for appellee.


App. ct. rev.; cir. ct. aff'd.

MR. JUSTICE DOOLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Larry Leemon, was found guilty by a jury on a charge of making an unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (LSD). He was sentenced to serve a term of from 3 1/3 to 10 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court reversed, with one judge dissenting. (33 Ill.App.3d 461.) We granted the State's petition for leave to...

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