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People v. Rainge

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 14, 1991No. 1-87-0951PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial the defendant, Willie Rainge, was found guilty of murder, rape, and two counts of aggravated kidnapping. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of natural life imprisonment for murder and 30 years for each of the remaining offenses. He follows with this appeal.

In appealing his conviction and sentence, Rainge raises the following issues: (1) whether he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in that the testimony of witness Paula Gray was uncorroborated and so fraught with inconsistencies that it did not carry…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. SykesAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003
  2. McCall v. DevineAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
  3. People v. NowickiAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  4. People v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  5. People v. YoungAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994

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