People v. Ruiz

Two indictments were returned against the defendant, each containing two counts. Count I of the first indictment charged that Louis Ruiz, a person of 17 years and upwards, committed the offense of indecent liberties with a child, in that he performed an act of sexual intercourse with Barbara Parks, a child under the age of 16 years. The second count alleged that Ruiz committed the offense of rape in that he had sexual intercourse with Barbara Parks, not his wife, by force and against her will.

Count I of the second indictment charged that Ruiz committed the offense of aggravated battery in…