PEOPLE v. TOWNES

No. 54906.

91 Ill.2d 32 (1982)

435 N.E.2d 103

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. IVORY J. TOWNES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Edward Litak, State's Attorney, of Danville (Robert J. Biderman and James K. Horstman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Kennith W. Blan, Jr., of Danville, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Subsequent to a denial of defendant's pretrial motion to suppress an inculpatory statement he made to the police, a jury in the circuit court of Vermilion County found defendant, Ivory J. Townes, guilty of rape, deviate sexual assault and home invasion in violation of sections 11-1, 11-3 and 12-11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 11-1, 11-3, 12-11).

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