PEOPLE v. VERNOR

No. 77-313.

66 Ill. App.3d 152 (1978)

383 N.E.2d 699

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM VERNOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyce S. Smith, of Waynesville, Missouri, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Bruce D. Irish and John A. Clark, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves the sole question of whether the classification of cocaine as a narcotic drug by the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1100 et seq.) is unreasonable and thus deprives defendant, William Vernor, of due process and the equal protection of the law in violation of the State and Federal constitutions. Defendant...

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