Legal Opinion
People v. Stinson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 11, 1977No. 63007PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG
delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial, Leo Stinson (defendant) was found guilty of possession of more than 30 grams of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56½, par. 1402(a)) and was sentenced to 4 to 12 years. Oscar Brock was tried with defendant and was acquitted of the same charge. Defendant has appealed.
In this court, defendant urges that the complaint for search warrant did not contain sufficient facts showing the reliability of the informant so that the warrant should have been quashed; the incriminating physical evidence…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. AkisIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- People v. ClayIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- People v. HowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. MooreAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- People v. FoxAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- People v. BradshawAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- People v. RizzoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- People v. StallingsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
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