People v. Virgin

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER

delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial defendant was convicted of the offense of rape and sentenced to a term of five to 15 years.

On appeal defendant contends that (1) the trial judge “impermissibly invaded the province of the jury” by refusing its request, dining its deliberations, for certain testimony and exhibits; (2) he was denied his right to be present at every stage of the proceedings; (3) it was error to allow the testimony of an officer as to the contents of a lab report which he did not prepare; (4) defendant was denied a fair trial because…