People v. Barfield

Defendant, Jessie L. Barfield, was charged with the crime of forcible rape. After a bench trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three to six years. On appeal, defendant contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

At trial, complainant testified that on Saturday, October 8, 1966, she came home from work about 7:00 p. m. She lived at 2145 Lake Street, Chicago. Her husband was in Peoria, Illinois, on a trip. She started cooking, and gave her 5-year-old son a bath. She was fully dressed, as she was planning to go to a musicale that…