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PEOPLE v. STRONG

Gen. No. 53,335.

120 Ill. App.2d 52 (1970)

256 N.E.2d 76

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George L. Strong, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

January 29, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Herbert Becker, Norman W. Fishman, 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 Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

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

The defendant George Strong was found guilty of rape in a nonjury trial and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to five years. In this court he contends that he did not expressly and understandingly waive a jury trial and that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The prosecutrix, a married woman and the mother of five children, was employed as a desk clerk...

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