THE PEOPLE v. JAMES

No. 41481.

46 Ill.2d 71 (1970)

263 N.E.2d 5

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDWARD JAMES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARTHUR M. SCHELLER, JR., of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Defendant, Edward James, after a 1962 jury trial in the then criminal court of Cook County, was convicted of the offense of rape and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than 15 nor more than 25 years. On writ of error, the judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District. (62 Ill.App.2d 225...

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