PEOPLE v. MORRISON

No. 3-90-0635.

584 N.E.2d 509 (1991)

223 Ill. App.3d 176

165 Ill.Dec. 330

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David MORRISON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Morrison, pro se.

Thomas A. Karalis, argued, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, M. Margaret Naal, for Trial Counsel, David Morrison.

Rita Kennedy Mertel, argued, States' Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Edward Burmila, Jr., Will County State's Atty., Joliet, for People.


Justice McCUSKEY, delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, David Morrison, appeals from his conviction of child abduction. Defendant contends that the child abduction statute violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States and Illinois Constitutions. We find the statute constitutional, but we conclude that it was unconstitutionally applied to defendant. Therefore, we reverse the conviction.

Defendant was charged by information...

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