PEOPLE v. OTKINS

Gen. No. 52,253.

114 Ill. App.2d 439 (1969)

252 N.E.2d 906

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude W. Otkins, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing denied October 29, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and James Klein, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


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

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of attempt to commit rape. Judgment was entered and he was sentenced to a term of six to fourteen years. Appellant raises three points on appeal: (1) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because neither specific intent to commit rape nor a substantial step toward the commission of rape was proven; (2...

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