PEOPLE v. FLOWERS

No. 43384.

51 Ill.2d 25 (1972)

281 N.E.2d 299

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CALVIN URSLEY FLOWERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BRUCE STRATTON, Illinois Defender Project, appointed by the court, of Ottawa, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES N. DE WULF, State's Attorney of Rock Island, (FRED G. LEACH and THOMAS J. IMMEL, Assistant Attorneys General, and F. STEWART MERIDIAN, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Rock Island County of the crime of indecent liberties with a child, and was sentenced to a term of not less than 10 nor more than 20 years in the penitentiary.

The victim was a four-year-old girl. Her mother had taken her to the home of a babysitter at about 6:00 A.M...

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