Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth, and the Courts

Appendix: Case File Data

Appendix Case File Data Racial abbreviations: W = Anglo (white); B = African American (black); O = Other (race unclear) *Sentencing on multiple counts ran concurrently, unless otherwise indicated. Sentencing for embedded indictments without sexual intent (including robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint) not listed unless otherwise noted. Felony Sex Crimes, 1936–1976 Year-case file Defendant(s) Race Sex crime indictment(s) Main Defense *Sentence Appellate decision 37-1477 Robert Conroy W Rape, crime v. nature Mistaken ID 199 years Summarily dismissed 43-1267 Samuel Wright B Rape Mistaken ID 50 years Summarily dismissed 46-1056 Harrison Stewart B Rape Alibi Life Judgment affirmed 46-2055 Willie Lewis B Rape Alibi 12 years Summarily dismissed 48-1925 Charles Hughes B Assault with intent Mistaken ID 6-8 years Summarily dismissed 48-1949 Lorce Jones B Rape Mistaken ID 35 years Summarily dismissed 49-0064-0066 Maynard McAfree B Rape, Plea change (guilty) 25, 25 years, Not eligible on appeal (3 counts) crime v. nature 5–10 years 49-0205 Coleman Sepe W Rape Consent 35 years Summarily dismissed 50-1545 Marvin Chukes B Rape Alibi 5 years Summarily dismissed 51-0200 John Ingraham B Rape Consent 20 years Summarily dismissed James Ethridge B 30 years 51-1709 John Jackson B Rape Mistaken ID 50 years Judgment affirmed 52-1158 Roger Williams B Rape Alibi Life Summarily dismissed 52-1626 Harold Hiller W Rape Consent 25 years Reversed/remanded Ralph Liljeblad W 25 years 52-1976 Frank Teti W Rape Consent 13 years Judgment affirmed Dominic DiBiaso W 4 years 53-1094 Theodore Shok W Rape Consent 5–10 years Reversed/remanded 54-1294 James Jeffrey, Jr. B Rape Alibi 20 years Summarily dismissed 55-0225 Alex Ramos W Rape Plea change (guilty) 20 years (each) Not eligible on appeal Roy Davis W William Tortorello W 55-0282, 0283 Ernest Davenport B Rape Plea change (guilty) Life (each) Not eligible on appeal Wesley Fields B 55-0881 Charles Johnson B Rape Plea change (guilty) 35 years Not eligible on appeal 55-1045 Golden McMath B Rape Mistaken ID 25 years Judgment affirmed 55-1707 Osker Hill B Rape Mistaken ID 15 years Summarily dismissed Year-case file Defendant(s) Race Sex crime indictment(s) Main Defense *Sentence Appellate decision 56-0274 Michael Cirullo W Indecent liberties Alibi 9 months Judgment affirmed 56-1261-1264 Donald Banks B Rape, crime v. nature Mistaken ID Life (vacated) Reversed/remanded (4 counts) Acquittal 56-1829 James Wilson B Rape Consent 5 years Summarily dismissed 57-0874, 0875 Roosevelt Parker B Rape, Alibi 30 years, Summarily dismissed crime v. nature 1–10 years 57-2070 Dennis Kane B Crime v. nature Consent 1–5 years Summarily dismissed 57-2253 Johnnie Sinclair B Rape Alibi 99 years Summarily dismissed Robert Jackson B Mistaken ID 40 years Judgment affirmed A.C. Harvey B Alibi 99 years (Harvey, Jackson) 57-3438, 3441 Gerald Chatman B Rape Alibi 60 + 60 years Reversed/remanded consecutive amended: Sentence reduction 40–60 years 10–20 years 58-1977 Lawrence White B Rape Mistaken ID 20 years Judgment affirmed 58-2392 Charles Westbrooks B Rape Mistaken ID 10 years Judgment affirmed 58-2729 Leonard Pleasant B Rape Mistaken ID 20 years Summarily dismissed 59-0483 George Mack Sawyer B Rape Consent 10 years Judgment affirmed 59-1473 James Armstrong B Rape Mistaken ID 50 years Judgment affirmed 59-2522, 2523 William Oparka W Rape Alibi 60 years Judgment affirmed Fred Oparka W 100 years (both counts) 60-0376, 0377 Alonzo Austin B Rape, Alibi 30 years Summarily dismissed attempted rape 1–14 years 61-0763 Ronald Smith B Rape Consent 50 years Judgment affirmed 61-0918 Johnny Wilkerson B Rape Consent 5 years Summarily dismissed 61-3065 Robert Spencer B Rape Alibi 3-12 years Summarily dismissed 63-2846 Alexander Griffin B Rape Consent 3-8 years Judgment affirmed 64-0637, 0638 Sylvester Hubbard Jr. B Rape Stood mute 40–60 years (each count) Judgment affirmed Year-case file Defendant(s) Race Sex crime indictment(s) Main Defense *Sentence Appellate decision 64-1864 Whitson West B Rape, attempted Alibi 1–5 years Judgment affirmed rape embedded in (attempted rape only) the indictment 64-3562 W.Q. Thompson B Rape Mistaken ID 4–10 years Judgment affirmed 65-0751 John Milton Kepler W Rape, Consent 5–20 years (rape only) Judgment reversed deviate sexual assault 65-1557 Freddie Jackson, Jr. B Rape...