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  "name": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. HOWARD C. HUDSON, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Hudson",
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      "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. HOWARD C. HUDSON, Appellant."
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        "text": "MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nAfter a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Howard C. Hudson, was found guilty of the unlawful sale of marijuana (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1963, ch. 38, par. 22\u20143), and sentenced to not less than 10 nor more than 14 years imprisonment. The appellate court affirmed the conviction (People v. Hudson, 266 N.E.2d 481), and we granted leave to appeal. It is necessary to consider only one of defendant\u2019s several contentions: that the legislative classification of marijuana as a \u201cnarcotic drug\u201d with its attendant sentencing provisions deprived the defendant of due process and equal protection of the law and constituted cruel and unusual punishment.\nA majority of this court in People v. McCabe, 49 Ill.2d 338, held that the classification of marijuana in the Narcotic Drug Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 22\u20141 et seq.) under which defendant was convicted, is \u201carbritary and deprives the defendant of equal protection of the law,\u201d thereby necessitating reversal of this judgment.\nThe judgments of the appellate and circuit courts are reversed.\nJudgments reversed.",
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        "author": "MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD"
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    "attorneys": [
      "JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES and FREDERICK F. COHN, both of Chicago, for appellant.",
      "WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General; ROBERT A. NOVELEE and MICHAEL J. GOLDSTEIN, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys; of counsel,) for the People."
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    "head_matter": "(No. 43994.\nTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. HOWARD C. HUDSON, Appellant.\nOpinion filed November 30, 1971.\nJULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES and FREDERICK F. COHN, both of Chicago, for appellant.\nWILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General; ROBERT A. NOVELEE and MICHAEL J. GOLDSTEIN, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys; of counsel,) for the People."
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