PEOPLE v. HILLER

No. 33008.

2 Ill.2d 323 (1954)

118 N.E.2d 11

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HAROLD HILLER et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH B. QUINN, of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and ARTHUR F. MANNING, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment returned to the criminal court of Cook County charged Harold Hiller, age 20, and Ralph Liljeblad, age 19, with the forcible rape of a young woman 18 years of age. After a trial before the court, without a jury, they were found guilty and each was sentenced to the penitentiary for a twenty-five-year term. This writ of error is prosecuted to review the judgment and sentences...

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