People v. Fiches

This appeal arises from denial of a post-trial motion after defendant’s conviction, entered upon a verdict of the jury, of the crime of deviate sexual assault. The defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than eight nor more than fourteen years. The indictment charged Harold W. Fickes with deviate sexual assault upon Larry W. Lobb on May 5, 1966, at about 8 a. m., in the Macon County jail where both were inmates.

The statute defining the offense (Ill Rev Stats 1965, c 38, § 11-3 (a)) states:

“Any person of the age of 14 years and upwards who, by force or threat of…