The People v. Mills

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Matthew Mills, from a jury conviction in the circuit court of Cook County for unlawful possession of drugs in violation of section 22 — 3 of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 38, par. 22—3.) He was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two nor more than seven years, and he now argues (1) that the prosecutor violated his right against self-incrimination by commenting on his failure to testify, (2) that the indictment did not allege a crime because it failed to charge that Mills “knowingly” possessed narcotics, (3) that his right to…