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PEOPLE v. FORD

No. 4-90-0474.

581 N.E.2d 1189 (1991)

221 Ill. App.3d 354

163 Ill.Dec. 766

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert FORD, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

November 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Arden J. Lang, Asst. Defender, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Atty., Urbana, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Denise M. Ambrose, Senior Staff Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of intentional homicide of an unborn child (the fetal homicide statute) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1.2) following a bench trial in Champaign County, Illinois. Defendant was found to have stomped or kicked the stomach of his 17-year-old stepdaughter who was 5½ months pregnant, thereby causing the death of her unborn child. Defendant was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment and...

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