PEOPLE v. BURKE

Gen. No. 64-8.

52 Ill. App.2d 159 (1964)

201 N.E.2d 636

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Burke, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

August 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Jay Knight, Russell J. Goldman and Roald A. Jacobson, all of Rockford, for appellant.

William R. Nash, State's Attorney, of Rockford (John W. Nielsen, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.


MORAN, J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of incest and was sentenced to a term of from two to seven years in the penitentiary. The principal witness against him was his natural daughter, Diane, age sixteen. She testified that the defendant came home from work the afternoon of June 15, 1962, and took her into the bedroom of their house, where he had sexual intercourse with her.

The defendant's first assignment of error relates to the redirect examination...

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