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PEOPLE EX REL. MARTIN v. PRESSWOOD

No. 79-982.

85 Ill. App.3d 975 (1980)

407 N.E.2d 770

THE PEOPLE ex rel. PEGGY MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MELVIN PRESSWOOD, Defendant-Appellee.

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

Opinion filed June 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Samuel I. Berkley, and John E. Horn, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellant.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago, and Timothy J. Chambers, law student, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

This suit was brought pursuant to the Illinois Paternity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, par. 1351 et seq.). Complainant, Peggy Martin, charged defendant, Melvin Presswood, with fathering the child that was born to her out of wedlock. The jury made a finding of no paternity and further found that defendant was not the father of complainant's child. We affirm.

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