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PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 52226.

4 Ill. App.3d 279 (1972)

280 N.E.2d 715

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN LOUIS SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

March 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Ronald P. Katz and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Stephen J. Connolly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was found guilty in a jury trial of the crimes of rape and attempt (robbery) and was given concurrent sentences of 10 to 15 years.

On appeal defendant contends that error occurred in the trial court in that:

(1) the court admitted evidence of an independent and distinct criminal offense;

(2) the assistant state's attorney, in the presence of...

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