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THE PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 33980.

11 Ill.2d 280 (1957)

143 N.E.2d 50

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. SHERMAN SMITH, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SHERMAN SMITH, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, (FRED G. LEACH and WALTER F. FARRAND, of counsel,) and J. WALDO ACKERMAN, State's Attorney, both of Springfield, for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Under an indictment returned to the circuit court of Sangamon County, Sherman Smith, the defendant, was charged in counts one and two with the crime of assault with intent to commit rape, and in count three with having taken indecent liberties with a minor. At the jury trial which followed, he was found guilty on all three counts and was thereafter sentenced to the penitentiary for a...

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