PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 15829.

83 Ill. App.3d 766 (1980)

404 N.E.2d 847

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THEODORE WEST WARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed April 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Don L. Johnson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Gary J. Anderson and Robert J. Biderman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The most important issue in this case is whether evidence is substantively sufficient to prove rape when it shows that an accused has taken a victim into custody by the threat of imminent use of deadly force and subsequently the victim, without offering resistance or objection, submits to intercourse with the accused because she fears that not to do so would anger him and cause him to...

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