PEOPLE v. REESE

No. 41566.

54 Ill.2d 51 (1973)

294 N.E.2d 288

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN L. REESE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARTHUR H. GRANT, 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 RONALD F. NEVILLE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John L. Reese, and Joseph Steele, who is not a party to this appeal, were found guilty of rape after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, and the defendant was sentenced to a term of not less than 4 nor more than 15 years in the penitentiary. When the court was subsequently informed that although there had been a stipulation that the defendant was 17 years...

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