PEOPLE v. SHEPHARD

No. 86-2593.

171 Ill. App.3d 977 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 1102

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ODELL SHEPHARD, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed June 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Public Defender, of Chicago (Z. Peter Tokatlian, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Lynda A. Peters, and Charles E. Antonietti, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Odell Shephard appeals his conviction for child abduction and the three-year prison sentence imposed thereon. He contends that because he was the father of the child, he could not as a matter of law be convicted of the offense.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. The child, Deborah Sanders, was born on October 15, 1982. Defendant and the child's mother were...

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