Legal Opinion
People v. Kennedy
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 16, 1978No. 14370PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant James A. Kennedy was charged in the circuit court of Macon County with the offenses of rape and deviate sexual assault alleged to have been committed against the same victim on July 30,1976. At the first trial of the case the jury returned a not guilty verdict on the deviate sexual assault charge and then the jury was discharged after being unable to agree as to a verdict on the rape charge. At a second jury trial he was convicted of rape. Subsequently, a sentence of 14 to 50 years’ imprisonment was imposed.
On appeal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- People v. PerruquetIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- The People v. PolandIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
- The People v. DamenIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- People v. MorganIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by8 opinions
- People v. AldridgeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- James Albert Kennedy v. Jay Fairman, Warden, Pontiac Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Kennedy v. PinkneyDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1979
- People v. YoungAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- People v. BoneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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