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PEOPLE v. YOCUM

Nos. 47934, 48013 cons.

66 Ill.2d 211 (1977)

361 N.E.2d 1369

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee and Appellant, v. ELDON LOWELL YOCUM, Appellant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles, of Chicago, for Eldon Yocum.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and James R. Burgess, Jr., State's Attorney, of Urbana (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Raymond McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Appellate court aff'd in pt. and rev'd in pt; circuit court aff'd.

MR. JUSTICE DOOLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

On a plea of guilty, defendant, Eldon Yocum, was sentenced for aggravated incest and indecent liberties with an adopted minor daughter.

On appeal to the appellate court he urged these statutes to be unconstitutional since, he claimed, they discriminated between fathers and mothers, and hence violated section 18 of article I of the...

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