Legal Opinion

People v. Collins

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 1, 1977No. 75-490PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged with possession of less than 30 grams of a substance containing heroin. He was convicted in a bench trial on both counts and was sentenced to not less than 4 nor more than 12 years in the penitentiary.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the search warrant authorizing the police to search the defendant’s premises for heroin was properly issued. The search warrant described the premises to be searched as “1317 West St., that grey two story residential building on the west side of West St. the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Giordenello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. The People v. BakIllinois Supreme Court · 1970

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. MabryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1999
  2. People v. ThomasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  3. People v. DerryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  4. People v. ClarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  5. People v. HortonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979

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