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PEOPLE v. KILZER

No. 77-53.

59 Ill. App.3d 669 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 1011

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM L. KILZER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, 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 KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

William L. Kilzer was convicted of rape in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County and sentenced to a penitentiary term of 8 to 24 years. On appeal he assigns as error several allegedly improper remarks by the prosecutor at trial and the severity of his sentence.

Defendant was charged with raping, in her home, a 13-year-old girl, described as mentally retarded...

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