People v. Thompson

The defendant, Mark Thompson, was found guilty by a jury of attempted rape and sentenced to the penitentiary for a minimum of five years and a maximum of fourteen years, from which he appeals.

On April 28, 1966, at about 12:15 a. m., one Mrs. Stephanie Wawak was alone, driving her car westerly, on Route 64 in DuPage County, Illinois. At the intersection of Route 83, while stopped at a stop light, she noticed the defendant’s car enter Route 64 from a side street and come to a stop behind her car. She proceeded westerly, for approximately a mile, and signaled a right-hand turn onto Michigan…