THE PEOPLE v. FOSDICK

No. 39959.

36 Ill.2d 524 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 242

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ROBERT L. FOSDICK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN J. BRESEE, State's Attorney, of Urbana, for the People.

ROBERT T. TRIMPE, Public Defender, of Champaign, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Robert L. Fosdick, was convicted of rape in a bench trial in the circuit court of Champaign County and sentenced to a term of six to twenty years in the penitentiary, the sentence to run concurrently with another sentence imposed in DeWitt County. Defendant appealed to the appellate court which reversed the conviction solely on...

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