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THE PEOPLE v. WOODS

No. 36633.

26 Ill.2d 582 (1963)

187 N.E.2d 692

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. THEODIS WOODS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 1, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CURTIS J. DAX, 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 EDWARD J. HLADIS and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Theodis Woods, was indicted by the Cook County grand jury for rape, pleaded not guilty, and upon trial by the court without a jury was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in the Illinois State Penitentiary. He assigns as error here that the identification evidence was so weak and conflicting that he should have been found not guilty, and that the court erred...

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