The PEOPLE v. McClellan

Henry McClellan was convicted in a bench trial of unlawful possession of narcotics and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 3 to 10 years. The Appellate Court, First District, affirmed the conviction, (64 Ill. App. 2d 453,) and we granted leave to appeal.

The record shows that two police officers at about 1:3o A.M. were parked for a stop light at the corner of 63rd and Dorchester in Chicago. An addict, known as Slick, walked to the car. As defendant passed the car and entered a restaurant on the corner, the addict said, “That dude is dirty.” The officers entered the restaurant,…