PEOPLE v. LILLY

No. 45788.

56 Ill.2d 493 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 1

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES LILLY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Stratton, District Defender, of Ottawa (James Geis, Assistant District Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (James B. Zagel and Raymond McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Aff'd in pt. & rev. & vac. in pt.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The first count of an indictment returned against James Lilly, the defendant, in the circuit court of Peoria County, charged the rape on December 16, 1970, of a 15-year-old girl and the second count charged indecent liberties with the same victim.

When a jury returned verdicts of guilty on both counts of the indictment...

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