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THE PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 39392.

36 Ill.2d 478 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 264

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILBUR THOMPSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. EUGENE PINCHAM, CHARLES B. EVINS, and SAM ADAM, all of Chicago, for appellant.

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

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Wilbur Thompson, was indicted in Cook County for the crime of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug. He was found guilty in a bench trial and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five to ten years. He appeals directly to this court alleging that his arrest was illegal and that the disparity between his sentence...

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