PEOPLE v. JENKINS

No. 79-1025.

88 Ill. App.3d 160 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 418

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PATTON JENKINS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed September 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Dennis E. Urban, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellants.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Joel A. EisenStein, and Lawrence T. Krulewich, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ROMITI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Patton Jenkins and Frank Gibson were charged by indictment with committing the offenses of rape and aggravated kidnapping. Both defendants were found guilty of these charges in a bench trial and were sentenced to concurrent terms of seven years on each charge.

On appeal defendants contend that their rape convictions, which were based on an accountability theory, should...

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