State v. Oliver

The defendant was convicted of the crime of rape in the first degree in the District Court of McLean County and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment in the State’s Penitentiary. After judgment of conviction had been rendered the defendant moved for a new trial. The motion was denied and the defendant has appealed.

The victim of the alleged rape and the defendant both testified. The facts necessary to an understanding of the questions presented on the appeal may be stated substantially as follows: The crime is alleged to have been committed on August 24, 1950, in the County of McLean in…