PEOPLE v. BICKHAM

Gen. No. 51,062.

91 Ill. App.2d 465 (1968)

235 N.E.2d 400

The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherman Bickham, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

February 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


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

Sherman Bickham (hereafter referred to as defendant) was indicted for the crimes of rape and taking indecent liberties with a child. He was tried before a jury which returned a verdict finding him guilty of indecent liberties, and the court sentenced him to a term of 14 to 20 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

Mildred Bland, mother of...

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