Legal Opinion

People v. Faulkner

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 28, 1967No. Gen. 51,092PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH

delivered the opinion of the court.

Crime Charged in the Indictment Unlawful possession of narcotics.

Judgment

After a jury verdict of guilty, the court sentenced defendant to a term of five to fifteen years.

Points Raised on Appeal(1) The evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.(2) The court erroneously refused to give a defense-tendered instruction on circumstantial evidence.(3) The court erroneously received into evidence, over objection by the defense, a search warrant which had no relevance to the issues at the trial.(4) The sentence imposed exceeds the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. The PEOPLE v. NettlesIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  2. People v. ConnieAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. MosleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
  2. People v. LydaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  3. People v. JonesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  4. People v. BinnsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  5. People v. HoffmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986

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