PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 63050.

368 N.E.2d 452 (1977)

53 Ill. App.3d 197

10 Ill.Dec. 857

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sylvester JONES, Anthony Mitchell and Charles Terry, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, Chicago, for defendants-appellants; Donald S. Honchell, Chicago, of counsel.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty., Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee; Laurence J. Bolon, Linda Ann Miller, Jeffrey D. Singer, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel.


WILSON, Justice.

Defendants Charles Terry, Anthony Mitchell, and Sylvester Jones were indicted for robbery, rape, and aggravated kidnapping. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1973, ch. 38, pars. 18-1, 11-1, and 10-2.) In a bench trial, each defendant was found guilty as charged. They were sentenced to six to 18 years in the penitentiary. On appeal defendants contend that: (1) they were not proved guilty of the offense of rape, since the State did not prove that the prosecutrix had intercourse...

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