THE PEOPLE v. ADKINS

No. 37376.

29 Ill.2d 332 (1963)

194 N.E.2d 313

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ARTHUR LEE ADKINS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DONALD S. FRISCH, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and MARVIN E. ASPEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellant.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Arthur Lee Adkins, was found guilty of rape after a bench trial, and was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. On this writ of error he contends that the evidence did not establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The prosecutrix, Lillie Greer, testified that her mother and three...

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