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PEOPLE v. MERNEIGH

Nos. 80-217, 80-805 cons.

101 Ill. App.3d 536 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 688

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH MERNEIGH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed November 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and David S. Morris, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Chicago, and J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Thomas E. Holum, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the People.

Orders affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE VAN DEUSEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant Joseph Merneigh was convicted of rape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 11-1) and deviate sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 11-3(a)) and was subsequently sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 to 60 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

This court affirmed the defendant's conviction on direct appeal, and a petition for...

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