The PEOPLE v. Curtis

Following a trial by jury in the circuit court of Jasper County, the defendant, Little Berry Curtis, was convicted of aggravated incest and sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than eight nor more than twenty years. His post-conviction petition was denied on motion without an evidentiary hearing and defendant has appealed from the post-conviction judgment.

The defendant charged that his constitutional rights were violated by reason of the failure of the trial court to grant his motion for a bill of particulars specifying the time and place of the crime. Defendant claims that he was…