PEOPLE v. WELTON

Gen. No. 52,138.

96 Ill. App.2d 167 (1968)

238 N.E.2d 141

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eddie Lee Welton, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

May 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Alan Gersh, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Eddie Lee Welton, was indicted for the crimes of forcible rape and armed robbery. A jury found him guilty as charged and the court sentenced him to the penitentiary for not less than eight nor more than twenty years on each count concurrently.

The complaining witness, Lucy B. Franklin, testified that on September 13, 1966, she lived with her daughter in apartment 1603 at 1119...

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