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PEOPLE v. HANCOCK

No. 76-402.

59 Ill. App.3d 596 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 909

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALLACE HANCOCK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and Terry Seeberger, of Washington University School of Law, research assistant, for appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Wallace R. Hancock, was initially arrested for the murder of his 20-month-old daughter, Tanya. A three-count indictment filed on December 19, 1975, enlarged the charges to include murder, rape and deviate sexual assault. Pursuant to a change of venue, defendant was tried before a jury in Washington County rather than in St...

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