People v. Dupree

Defendant, Gary Dupree, was charged upon five separate indictments. Indictments 70-3444 and 70-3445 each charged the sale of marijuana; 70-3446 and 70-3447 each charged the sale of heroin; and 71-609 charged possession of marijuana. Defendant pleaded guilty to possession under each of the indictments and was sentenced to five concurrent terms of two to ten years each in the State Penitentiary under the mandatory sentence provisions of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 22-40).

' On appeal, defendant contends that his three convictions for possession of marijuana…