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PEOPLE EX REL. MATHIS v. BROWN

No. 62950.

44 Ill. App.3d 783 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 1160

THE PEOPLE ex rel. FRANCES MATHIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAMES BROWN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied January 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Sheldon Gardner and Ellis B. Levin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellant.

Ron Fritsch, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the right of a defendant in a paternity action to refuse to answer deposition questions based upon the privilege against self-incrimination found in the fifth amendment of the United States Constitution. Plaintiff, Frances Mathis, filed this action against defendant, James Brown, charging him as the putative father of her daughter, Patrice

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