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People v. Harrison

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 1, 1967No. Gen. 51,476 and 51,477. (Consolidated.)PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court.

In a bench trial, James Lee Harrison and Sarah Crawford were found guilty of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug in manner and form as charged in the indictment. Harrison was sentenced to a term of from eight to ten years, and Sarah Crawford was sentenced to a term of from two to five years. Their separate appeals were consolidated here.

Defendants’ theory is that the evidence upon which they were convicted was unlawfully obtained by use of an illegal and void search warrant; that assuming validity of the search warrant, it did…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. PughAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  2. The PEOPLE v. PigrenetIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
  3. The People v. SovetskyIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  4. The People v. DegeovanniIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
  5. People v. HallAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. McClellandSupreme Court of Kansas · 1974
  2. Sternberg v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
  3. People v. StokesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  4. People v. BlakeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  5. State v. LoudermilkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972

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