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PEOPLE v. JONES

Gen No. 50,018.

65 Ill. App.2d 320 (1965)

213 N.E.2d 69

People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. William Jones, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied January 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Marshall Patner, Frederick F. Cohn, and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and James B. Klein, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, William Jones, was indicted on the charge of rape. He pleaded not guilty, waived a jury, was found guilty by the trial judge and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 10 to 25 years. On appeal, he contends that there was a complete failure to identify him by direct evidence as the person guilty of the crime; that the State based its case upon purely circumstantial evidence and...

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