The People v. Dunbar

After a trial by jury in the circuit court of Ogle County, Robert Eugene Dunbar was found guilty of the offense of indecent liberties with a child, and was sentenced to a term of six to ten years. The issues before this court are whether the defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel and whether he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The complaining witnesses were two girls, Judy Cryer and Ethel Perdue, who were 11 and 12 years old, respectively, at the time of the incident and lived at the Nachusa Lutheran Home for Children. The testimony of the two girls was that they…