People v. Husar

Gregory Húsar was convicted of possession of marijuana, an offense defined and punished by the Cannabis Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 56%, pars. 701 et seq.). 1 He was sentenced to two years probation with the requirement that he serve the first ten days in the Chicago House of Correction. The following are the facts.

On December 16,1971, at about 9 P.M., an informer told three Chicago police officers that at the intersection of Armitage and Fremont, for the sum of $5, he purchased a plastic bag of crushed green plant from “Fred” who, the informer said, was driving a yellow Cam aro…