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PEOPLE v. CORNES

No. 78-348.

80 Ill. App.3d 166 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 1346

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ERNEST CORNES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Karen Munoz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Robert H. Howerton, State's Attorney, of Marion (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Ann E. Singleton, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Arthur J. O'Donnell and Sheila Murphy, both of O'Donnell & Murphy, of Chicago, and Julie A. Gorman, law student, for amici curiae National Organization for Women and American Association of University Women.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Williamson County, defendant, Ernest Cornes, was convicted of rape, deviate sexual assault and intimidation and sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 60 years for rape, 60 years for deviate sexual assault and 10 years for intimidation. The trial court ordered the sentences to run consecutive to a 1-year to life sentence on which...

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