People v. Mullenhoff

The defendant, William Clinton Mullenhoff, was found guilty on the charge of attempt to commit rape and was sentenced, after a bench trial, to a term of not less than five nor more than fourteen years to be served in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

The defendant had previously been charged with the offense of attempt to commit a deviate sexual assault arising out of the same conduct against the same complainant. At the close of the State’s case, the trial judge stated that the defendant had been charged with the wrong offense and sustained a motion for a finding of not guilty. The instant…