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People v. Baker

Citations

  • 397 N.E.2d 164
  • 77 Ill. App. 3d 943
  • 33 Ill. Dec. 831
  • 1979 Ill. App. LEXIS 3474

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that circuit court did not determine whether possession of controlled substance was separate offense, “but rather determined that there was but a single act of possession within the statute concerning compulsory joinder”
  • simultaneous possession of a controlled substance and possession of cannabis were same act of possession for purposes of compulsory joinder
  • simultaneous possession of a controlled substance and possession of cannabis were same act of possession for purposes of compulsory joinder
  • “ ‘simultaneous possession’ constituted but a single act”

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Judges: Trapp

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