The PEOPLE v. Dixon

Defendant, Albert Dixon, waived a jury, was found guilty of the illegal sale of narcotic drugs by the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than fifteen years. He prosecutes this writ of error for review.

The facts in the record present the now commonplace situation where a narcotics addict, in this case Janice Nitti, agreed to assist the police in apprehending a supplier by making a controlled purchase of drugs. With a police officer listening on an extension, Mrs. Nitti telephoned defendant and asked him to bring her…