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PEOPLE v. SPROCH

No. 31833.

409 Ill. 55 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 833

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM A. SPROCH, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MILES E. CUNAT, (CHARLES A. BELLOWS, of counsel,) both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR J. MANNING, WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., and JOHN V. SCHAFFENEGGER, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, William A. Sproch, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of rape. He was tried by the court without a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twenty years. He prosecutes this writ of error, contending that the evidence of identification is insufficient to support the judgment.

On the afternoon of May 23, 1949...

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