People v. Henley

Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of rape, deviate sexual assault, and robbery. He received concurrent sentences of 4 to 12 years on each charge. On appeal, he contends that the complainant’s testimony was so improbable and unsatisfactory as to create a reasonable doubt of his guilt on each of the charges.

At trial, the complaining witness, Mrs. Wade, testified that she had just left a cocktail lounge where she had been waiting two hours for a friend who never arrived. While there, she had only one beer and, after leaving, she walked in a westerly directions with her head…