PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 31374.

405 Ill. 469 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 433

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. PHILIP JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PHILIP JOHNSON, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, both of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Philip Johnson, was indicted by the grand jury of Cook County, at the May term, 1937, on a charge of rape. The cause is here on the common-law record and plaintiff in error contends he was indicted for assault with intent to commit rape and that such indictment does not support a judgment and sentence of 70 years.

The indictment as shown in the common...

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