People v. Brown

Crime Charged

Unlawful sale of a narcotic drug.

Judgment

After a bench trial, defendant was found guilty and sentenced to a term of eleven and one half years to twenty years.

Contentions on Appeal(1) Entrapment.(2) The substance received in evidence was not proved to be heroin as defined by statute.(3) The chain of possession of the alleged narcotic was not sufficiently established.

Evidence

Thomas E. Manson, for the State.

On March 6, 1962, he was a narcotics inspector for the State of Illinois. On that date he met John Melkonian, who he believed was an addict. Melkonian was in the employ of the…