People v. Green

Defendant, Stonnie Green, was charged by information with two counts, one of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (heroin) and one of unlawful possession of cannabis. Defendant was found guilty after a jury trial and was sentenced to concurrent terms of three years probation with the first six months to be served in the Will County Jail for each conviction.

The testimony preserved in the record reveals that about noon on October 13,1975, the defendant was stopped in his automobile by a Joliet police officer three blocks from Green’s residence. A pat-down search was performed on…