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THE PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 35526.

24 Ill.2d 88 (1962)

180 N.E.2d 689

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LOUIS WRIGHT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE W. McBURNEY, appointed by the court, and FREDERIC F. BRACE, JR., both 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 DEAN H. BILTON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Four indictments were returned against Louis Wright in the criminal court of Cook County. The first charged rape and the second charged burglary in connection with that rape; the third charged rape of another woman and burglary in connection with that rape. He was convicted on each of the four indictments after bench trials and was sentenced to ten to twenty years on each burglary...

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