PEOPLE v. VENTURA

No. 32791.

415 Ill. 587 (1953)

114 N.E.2d 710

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FRANCIS VENTURA, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD H. DEVINE, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and FRANK H. MASTERS, JR., State's Attorney, of Joliet, (FRED G. LEACH, and HARRY L. PATE, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

A writ of error brings before us for review a judgment of conviction entered by the circuit court of Will County upon a plea of guilty entered by plaintiff in error, Francis Ventura, hereinafter referred to as defendant, to the charge of forcible rape.

We find no necessity to repeat the facts as they have been substantially covered in our opinion rendered in People v...

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