People v. Porter

The defendant, Richard Porter, Jr., was convicted of the unlawful sale of a narcotic drag in violation of Illinois Revised Statute, chapter 38, paragraph 22 — 3.

The offense arose out of the sale of four capsules of heroin to an addict-informer on September 30, 1969. Three special agents of the Illinois Bureau of Investigation, which employed the informant, testified that they searched him and his car, gave him $20 and then followed him to the defendant’s home. The agents observed the informant enter the house where defendant lived with his mother and soon emerge accompanied by the defendant.…