Brown v. People

An information was filed against plaintiffs in error, hereinafter referred to as defendants, charging them and other persons in separate counts with the crimes of (1) possession of narcotics, and (2) conspiracy to possess narcotics. This case involves only the two defendants named in the caption. No evidence was presented by either defendant during the trial of the case. Brown was convicted on both counts and his codefendant, Glymph, was convicted on the first count only. Each was sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. It should be noted that counsel appearing here on writ of error…