PEOPLE v. PIERCE

No. 47393.

62 Ill.2d 223 (1976)

341 N.E.2d 705

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. THOMAS PIERCE, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Ackerman, of Chicago (Ackerman, Durkin & Egan, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, and Laurence J. Bolon and John T. Theis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, Thomas Pierce, Jr., guilty of indecent liberties with a child (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 11-4(a)(3)), and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 4 nor more than 15 years. The appellate court affirmed (26 Ill.App.3d 550...

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