PEOPLE v. CRUISE

No. 69-119.

130 Ill. App.2d 923 (1971)

266 N.E.2d 109

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellees, v. RODNEY CRUISE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

January 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin W. Imber, of St. Louis, for appellants.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville, for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction based on a jury verdict of guilty on a charge of forcible rape and the imposition of a sentence of 8 to 20 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. The issues on appeal are whether or not the evidence showed beyond a reasonable doubt that force was used and certain points of evidence. No appeal is taken from the sentence.

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