The PEOPLE v. Laws

At the conclusion of a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Herbert Laws, was found guilty of the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than twelve years. He prosecutes this writ of error contending that the trial court erred, and deprived him of his constitutional rights, when it denied his motion for discharge on the ground of former jeopardy.

Pertinent facts show that defendant was indicted on November 10, i960, and that he entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned. Subsequently, he was…