People v. Hopkins

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, Henry Hopkins, guilty of the offense of attempted rape, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 13 nor more than 14 years. Prior to trial he had moved to suppress the identification testimony of the complaining witness and also to suppress certain physical evidence. The trial judge denied both motions without a hearing on either. At the trial both the identification testimony and the physical evidence were admitted over the objection of the defendant. On this appeal the first issue raised concerns the correctness…