People v. Eagle

Miss JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant Joseph Eagle guilty of rape, deviate sexual assault, robbery and theft. The defendant’s post-trial motion to vacate the verdict or grant a new trial was denied. Judgment was entered on the verdict and he was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 8 to 18 years in the penitentiary for the offenses of rape and deviate sexual assault to run concurrently with a sentence of 5 to 15 years for the offense of robbery. The theft verdict was vacated as being a lesser included offense of the robbery conviction. The…