PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

No. 43965.

53 Ill.2d 181 (1972)

290 N.E.2d 231

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EUGENE HAWKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES J. DOHERTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (RONALD P. KATZ, Assistant Public Defender, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE, ROBERT L. BEST and MARK T. ZUBOR, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Eugene Hawkins, was convicted of rape following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to not less than six nor more than ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. He has appealed to this court from that conviction.

On November 30, 1968, a 22-year-old housewife was raped in her basement apartment at 1518 West 99th Street in Chicago...

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