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THE PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 36706.

31 Ill.2d 212 (1964)

201 N.E.2d 413

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. SAMUEL A. THOMAS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JERROLD M. FACKTOR, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Samuel A. Thomas was convicted of the crime of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs in a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 5 to 10 years. A constitutional question gives us jurisdiction to review the conviction.

It is first argued that the trial court erred in admitting...

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