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PEOPLE v. JACKSON

Gen. No. 53,485.

116 Ill. App.2d 304 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 527

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel Lee Jackson, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

November 6, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Roston, of Chicago (Jenner & Block, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Daniel W. Weil, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Samuel Jackson was found guilty by a jury of the sale and possession of narcotics. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the sale and to a concurrent term of ten years to ten years and one day for the possession. Jackson had a prior conviction for a narcotics offense and the life imprisonment sentence imposed upon him was mandatory under Illinois law. Ill Rev Stats 1965, c 38, § 22-40.

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