People v. Boyd

After a bench trial, defendants, Barbara Boyd and Marcia Henderson, were convicted of gambling and sentenced to one year conditional discharge. Defendants’ motion for new trial and arrest of judgment was denied. Defendants appeal.

Officer James Jones testified that on July 7,1980, he and his partner, Officer Bowen, executed a search warrant in Chicago. They entered the premises when a patron was leaving. They did not knock before they entered. Officer Bowen identified himself and Officer Jones as police officers, but they did not display the warrant. Defendants were sitting at a table upon…