The PEOPLE v. Phillips

After a bench trial, the defendant, Charles Phillips, was convicted of the unlawful possession of narcotics and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than five years. On this writ of error his sole contention is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress certain evidence which he contends was the product of an illegal search.

Only two witnesses testified at the hearing on the motion to suppress. The defendant testified that he and three friends were listening to the radio in his apartment on the afternoon of November 11, i960. “A knock comes…