Legal Opinion
The People v. Outten
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 24, 1958No. 34390PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Davis
On a bench trial before the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Robert Outten, was found guilty of the unauthorized sale of narcotic drugs in violation of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 38, pars. 192.2, 192.23,) and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 5 to 15 years. A writ of error has been sued out of this court and the defendant here urges that he was entrapped by police officers and for that reason the judgment of conviction should not stand.
The evidence for the People established that Robert Smith, a known narcotics addict, was arrested on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Farris v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- People v. LeeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
- People v. SchwartzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- State v. VallejosArizona Supreme Court · 1960
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