People v. Hayes

Defendant received a bench trial and was found guilty of rape. On appeal his sole contention is that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

Evidence

Testimony of Nancy Aderman, Prosecutrix

On Sunday, October 24,1965, she was living alone in a one-room apartment at 839 Diversey in Chicago. She had met defendant four or five times when he was with her friend Roberta Lindenthaler who lived in the same building. Roberta spent the night of the 23rd in the prosecutrix’s apartment remaining until 1:30 or 2:00 o’clock on the afternoon of the 24th. Between 4:30 and 4:45 defendant rang the…