People v. Carmichael

In a non jury trial the defendant was convicted on two counts — the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug and the unlawful sale thereof. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for terms of 5 to 10 years and 10 to 12 years for the respective offenses. He contends that a police informer supplied the narcotics which provided the basis for the charges against him and that this constituted entrapment. A summary of the testimony follows.

Police Officer Mitchell Ware of the Illinois Narcotics Division testified that Charles Brooks, who at the time was under arrest for a narcotics violation, told him…