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THE PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 37020.

25 Ill.2d 442 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 254

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LAWRENCE LEWIS et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WISEMAN & HALLETT, of Alton, for plaintiffs in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DICK H. MUDGE, JR., State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Lawrence Lewis and Melvin Penelton were indicted for forcible rape and statutory rape. They were represented by counsel of their own choice and found guilty of statutory rape by a jury in the circuit court of Madison County. On May 8, 1961, they were sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years. On this writ of error they urge that certain trial errors require the...

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