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People v. Jackson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 6, 1969No. Gen. 53,485PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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.

Jackson sold heroin to John Genarella, a police informer, and Thomas Spanos, a police officer. They approached him in Genarella’s automobile as…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Powell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. The PEOPLE v. MasonIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
  4. The People v. GonzalesIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
  5. People v. RainfordAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. People v. NatoliAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  2. People v. RobinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  3. People v. BergeronAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  4. People v. JonesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  5. People v. BellerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977

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