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PEOPLE EX REL. STAPLES v. PRUDE

No. 58645.

18 Ill. App.3d 269 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 670

THE PEOPLE ex rel. VALERIA STAPLES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FLOYD PRUDE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

March 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gates W. Clancy and James S. Mills, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald P. Smith, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a paternity case. The defendant, Floyd Prude, appeals from a judgment which found him to be the father of a child born to the plaintiff, Valeria Staples. His contentions are two: the judgment of paternity was contrary to the weight of the evidence, and the trial court violated his right against self-incrimination by ordering him to answer interrogatories propounded by the plaintiff...

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