PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. 79-627.

87 Ill. App.3d 693 (1980)

409 N.E.2d 344

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EARL WILSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Rehearing denied September 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Richard E. Cunningham, and Bradley S. Bridge, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Joel A. Eisen-Stein, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of rape and deviate sexual assault, acquitted of armed robbery, and given concurrent sentences of 22 years for each conviction. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) he did not receive a fair trial because of the State's presentation of a prejudicial "theme of flight and escape" throughout the trial; (2) the denial of a preliminary...

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