Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

People v. Gilmore

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 31, 1968No. Gen. 51,390PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sullivan

This is an appeal from a conviction for an unlawful sale of a purported narcotic drug. The defendant, having waived her right to trial by jury, was sentenced to the Illinois State Reformatory for Women for a term of two to five years.

The defendant contends on appeal that (1) she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the one-count indictment was fatally defective because it alleged two separate and mutually exclusive offenses; (3) the indictment was fatally defective because it alleged the wrong person as the victim of the sale, and (4) the sentencing procedure was unfair and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. The People v. WoodruffIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  4. People v. HillAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  5. The People v. JankowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1945

7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. BoydAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  2. People v. GreenwoodAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
  3. People v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  4. People v. RosarioAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
  5. People v. VadenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974

1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API