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THE PEOPLE v. BENEDICT

No. 34571.

13 Ill.2d 320 (1958)

148 N.E.2d 782

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DAVE E. BENEDICT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.A. SHEEHAN, of Niantic, and FRANCIS R. WILEY, of Decatur, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and HILMER C. FLANDHOLT, State's Attorney, of Decatur, (FRED G. LEACH, and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

This case reaches this court on writ of error from the circuit court of Macon County, wherein defendant was charged and convicted of taking indecent liberties with a female under 15 years of age and sentenced to the Illinois penitentiary for an indeterminate term of one to twenty years.

The defendant contends that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt; that various...

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