People v. Galloway

By a jury in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant was found guilty of the unlawful sale of a narcotic drug. He was sentenced to a term of 10 to 20 years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, one judge dissenting. (14 Ill. App. 3d 863.) We granted leave to appeal.

The defendant contends that he was denied due process of law: by reason of the trial court’s refusal to permit him to examine the arrest record of the key witness for the State for impeachment purposes and for the purpose of establishing bias and attacking credibility; because…