MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant, Ronald Valentine, was indicted for rape, tried without a jury, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The prosecutrix, an 11-year-old girl, was grabbed from behind by a group of five youths as she was walking alone a half block from her home about 6:30 p.m. on February 4, 1958. One of the boys was the defendant Ronald Valentine. They dragged her into an alley and down...
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