PEOPLE v. TYLER

No. 51695.

78 Ill.2d 193 (1979)

399 N.E.2d 975

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. STANLEY TYLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied February 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Thomas J. Fahey, State's Attorney, of Danville (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and William M. Wippold, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marc D. Towler and Robert J. Biderman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, and Daniel Yuhas, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield (Janet Sinder, law student, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Vermilion County defendant, Stanley Tyler, was convicted of rape and armed robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for concurrent terms of not less than 8 nor more than 16 years. The appellate court reversed the rape conviction and remanded the cause for resentencing for...

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