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THE PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 36330.

25 Ill.2d 219 (1962)

184 N.E.2d 841

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DONALD W. COHEN, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and EDWIN J. BELZ, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Willie Smith, was indicted for rape and found guilty by a jury, which fixed his punishment at 25 years in the penitentiary. Judgment of conviction and sentence thereon were entered by the criminal court of Cook County, and defendant has brought this writ of error to review the cause.

Defendant assigns as error the State's failure to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable...

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