The PEOPLE v. Wilson

This case comes before us upon this court’s granting of defendant’s petition for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court, First District, Second Division. The appellate court (105 Ill. App. 2d 216) affirmed a judgment of conviction of the defendant after a jury trial, for the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs, with a sentence to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of not less than seven nor more than ten years.

On March 9, 1965, defendant, Oliver Wilson, was charged in the circuit court of Cook County with both the sale and unlawful possession of narcotics. Two…