Smith v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moore.

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as Smith, was convicted of the crime of unlawfully and feloniously having in his possession a narcotic drug, namely, heroin. He was sentenced to a term of not less than three nor more than eight years in the state penitentiary.

In his motion for a new trial he asserted three grounds, to wit:

“1. The Court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence was error.

“2. The Court’s admission into evidence of Exhibits A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8 and A-ll was error because the chain of evidence had not been established…