The People v. Hicks

After a trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County the defendant was found guilty of the crime of rape and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of life imprisonment. A writ of error has been issued to review the judgment of conviction,

The defendant’s first contention is that the court erred in unduly restricting defense counsel’s redirect examination of the defendant. An analysis of this contention requires us to briefly review the evidence. The complaining witness testified that in the early morning hours of September 28, i960, she was accosted in her apartment building by…