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PEOPLE v. STANTON

No. 32959.

1 Ill.2d 444 (1953)

115 N.E.2d 630

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RICHARD L. STANTON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT H. RICE, of East St. Louis, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RICHARD T. CARTER, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (R.V. GUSTIN, FRED G. LEACH, and ROBERT L. BURNS, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial by jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County, Richard L. Stanton was found guilty of raping a female under the age of sixteen years. His punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of 99 years. He brings the record to this court for review by writ of error.

It is unnecessary to relate in detail the facts shown by the record. Evidence...

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