People v. Evrard

This is an appeal taken pursuant to Chapter 88, Section 121-9 (b)(4), Ill Rev Stats 1963, which permits a reviewing court to reduce punishment imposed by a trial court.

The record discloses that appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Hamilton County for the crimes of rape and taking indecent liberties with a fifteen-year-old girl. He plead not guilty, and waived a trial by jury. At the conclusion of the trial, the court adjudged him guilty of the crime of taking indecent liberties, and sentenced him to the penitentiary. The record did not disclose that following the judgment of guilty,…