The PEOPLE v. Telio

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LEIGHTON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with possession of heroin. A jury found him guilty and the court imposed a sentence of two to six years. He appeals. For reversal, defendant contends that (1) he was deprived of a fair and impartial jury when an assistant state’s attorney, during cross-examination, asked whether a defense witness used narcotics, without proof that the witness was an addict or a user of drugs; and (2) he was denied equal protection of tire laws and the right to examine the statements of a prosecution witness when the trial…