PEOPLE v. YOCUM

No. 12846.

31 Ill. App.3d 586 (1975)

335 N.E.2d 183

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELDON LOWELL YOCUM, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

September 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Thomas Nelson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, and Julius Lucius Echeles and Frederick F. Cohn, both of Chicago, for appellant.

James R. Burgess, Jr., State's Attorney, of Urbana (Robert James Steigmann, Assistant State's Attorney, James Carlton Dedman, Law Student, and G. Michael Prall, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated incest and one count of indecent liberties with a child, the former having occurred on April 17, 1973, and the latter having occurred during the month of June 1971. Both offenses arose out of conduct with an adopted daughter. A sentence of 4 to 6 years...

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