People v. Price

The defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of 2-9 years on a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of forcible rape. He seeks a reversal in this court on the ground that his guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt. In the alternative, he seeks a new trial on the ground that three of the People’s instructions were prejudicially erroneous and deprived him of a fair trial.

Ida Bell Reynolds, the prosecutrix, a married woman, working in Alton, and living with her husband and small children near Wilsonville, left Alton alone in her car about 11:00 p. m. on the night in…