The PEOPLE v. Nettles

Defendant Earl Nettles was found guilty by the circuit court of Cook County of the crime of unlawfully possessing narcotics and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a period of not less than 5 nor more than 25 years. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence and on other grounds.

Packages were taken from the person of the defendant at the time of his arrest on July 15, 1964, which contained heroin. The arresting officers had neither an arrest warrant nor a search warrant, but allegedly acted upon information received from an unidentified…