Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
United States ex rel. Dopkowski v. Randolph
United States ex rel. Dopkowski v. Randolph, 359 U.S. 1004 (1959)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1959-05-25
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- defend ant’s unexplained presence in victim’s house, after gaining access by “force and stealth” through window, supported intent to steal inference
- insufficient evidence of force to prove that intercourse was without the consent of the woman
- “[t]he essence of the crime [of rape] is ... the injury and outrage to the feelings of the woman by the forceful penetration of her person.”
- upholds Illinois’ five-year statute of limitations for post-conviction relief
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.