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PEOPLE v. HILL

Gen. No. 51,801.

102 Ill. App.2d 77 (1968)

243 N.E.2d 491

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy D. Hill, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

November 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Professor James R. Thompson, Northwestern University School of Law, James J. Doherty and Marshall J. Hartman, Assistant Public Defenders, of Counsel), for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane, Howard Levine and Sheldon M. Schapiro, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a rape case. In a bench trial defendant was found guilty and sentenced to five to fifteen years in the penitentiary. On appeal, defendant contends that he was denied his constitutional right to a jury trial because his waiver thereof was not understandingly made. He also contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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