Judgments reversed.
Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Walter DeFrates, was found guilty of rape and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 10 to 25 years. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, affirmed the judgment of conviction, (
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