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THE PEOPLE v. ARMSTRONG

No. 36254.

22 Ill.2d 420 (1961)

176 N.E.2d 755

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and LAWRENCE I. GENESEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

James Armstrong, hereinafter called defendant, was indicted for the crime of statutory rape of his stepdaughter, Betty Jean Cobbs, age 14. A jury in the criminal court of Cook County convicted him and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for a term of fifty years.

The defendant contends on writ of error that the State's attorney committed deliberate prejudicial error when...

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