PEOPLE v. TENSLEY

No. 33134.

3 Ill.2d 615 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 155

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM TENSLEY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM TENSLEY, pro se.

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.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in error, William Tensley, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for rape. He waived a jury, and upon trial before the court was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment. He prosecutes a writ of error to this court.

In urging this court to reverse the judgment of conviction, he contends as follows:...

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