The People v. Richardson

The defendant, Charles Richardson, was convicted on October 22, 1958, by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County for having in his possession narcotics and was given an indeterminate sentence of two to ten years. He seeks a reversal here on writ of error on the sole ground that the evidence was insufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence.

On August 8, 1958, at 9:3o P.M. two civilian-clothed police officers, Knazze and Holmes, of the city of Chicago, were cruising along 31st Street in Knazze’s unmarked car between Dearborn and State streets, and close to an alley they…