People v. Owens

Defendant, Jessie Owens, appeals from convictions for the rape and aggravated kidnapping of one, Lucy Lugo. The defendant was tried and convicted after a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County. He was sentenced to a term of not less than thirty nor more than forty years for each of the crimes.

On June 23, 1966, at about 11:30 P.M., the defendant knocked on the door of Jimmy Lugo’s apartment and asked for a person named Gonzales. When told no such person lived there, he drew a gun and threatened to shoot Lugo’s one-year-old daughter. Lugo and his family fled the apartment, but his…