Affirmed in part and vacated in part.
JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendant, John Ellison, and a codefendant, Tom Siefert, Ellison's brother-in-law, were indicted in the circuit court of Lake County for the offenses of home invasion and rape. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 12-11, 11-1(a)(1).) The cases were severed for trial, and Siefert was not involved in this appeal. The defendant was convicted by a jury for both offenses...
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