People v. Allen

Defendant was convicted of both unlawful possession and unlawful sale of heroin in a non jury trial, and was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in the penitentiary.

His appeal challenged the indictment for failure to allege the name of the purported buyer, the time and place of the offense more specifically, and to negative exceptions under the Narcotics Drug Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 22—3.) The defendant also claims error in the admission of photographs and urges that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

We hold that the indictment was sufficiently stated in the language…