The PEOPLE v. Jenkins

The defendant Joseph Jenkins was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County on a charge of forcible rape. He was tried by the court without a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to a term of 20 years in the penitentiary. He brings this writ of error contending that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

It is undisputed that the defendant, age 27, had intercourse with the complaining witness, a girl 15 years of age. He admitted the act in a statement made to police when he was apprehended, which was admitted in evidence without objection, and subsequently admitted the act when he…