The PEOPLE v. Stone

Defendant, Claude Stone, after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, was found guilty of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than five nor more than ten years. Upon this appeal he contends that his constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure were violated, an issue which the trial court determined adversely to defendant when it denied his motion to suppress certain packets of heroin from evidence.

The single witness to testify at the hearing on the motion to suppress was Officer David Parker, a member…