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PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS v. VAIL

Gen. No. 49,754.

74 Ill. App.2d 308 (1966)

218 N.E.2d 165

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rufus Vail, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

August 12, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (James J. Doherty, Chester P. Majewski and Frederick F. Cohn, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Patrick Murphy, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Rufus Vail was indicted for the crime of rape, waived a jury trial, was convicted and was sentenced to from ten to twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

He contends on appeal that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in that the complainant's testimony was unbelievable and contradictory and that she was contradicted by police officers, while the defendant's testimony was reasonable and...

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