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THE PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 34569.

13 Ill.2d 232 (1958)

148 N.E.2d 754

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIE JAMES WALKER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. HOBAN, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (FRED G. LEACH, and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes here on a writ of error to the circuit court of St. Clair County by Willie James Walker, defendant. He was indicted September 17, 1956, for rape, tried by a jury and found guilty, and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of five years.

It appears from the evidence that on November 20, 1955, the prosecutrix left her home at nine in the evening...

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