PEOPLE v. CLARKE

No. 42232.

50 Ill.2d 104 (1971)

277 N.E.2d 866

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DENIS G. CLARKE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD T. SAVAGE and MAYME F. SPENCER, both of Chicago, (HOWARD O. EDMONDS, of counsel,) 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 ROBERT A. NOVELLE and ARTHUR BELKIND, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Denis G. Clarke, was found guilty of the consolidated charges of burglary with intent to commit a theft, and rape, following a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County. He was sentenced to concurrent penitentiary terms of 3 to 6 years for burglary, and 12 to 15 years for rape.

In this appeal, he contends that even...

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