People v. Brown

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of rape and deviate sexual assault and sentenced to a term of four to six years. On appeal, he contends (1) there was no valid waiver of a jury trial; and (2) the State’s identification testimony was insufficient to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Mrs. Bessie Hill testified for the State that on February 4, 1971, she left home and began walking south on Racine toward 119th Street to take a bus to her place of employment. She first observed a man on the street…