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PEOPLE v. LEVISEN

No. 31133.

404 Ill. 574 (1950)

90 N.E.2d 213

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MARJORIE LEVISEN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 18, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GILBERT K. HUTCHENS, of Carrollton, and NORBERT L. HUTCHENS, of Winchester, (JACK A. ALFELD, of Carrollton, and RICHARD E. MANN, of Winchester, of counsel,) for appellants.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and L.A. MEHRHOFF, State's Attorney, of Carrollton, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, the parents of a girl seven years of age, were convicted by the county court of Greene County for violating the compulsory school attendance law. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap, 122, par. 26-1.) They appeal directly to this court, contending (1) that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction and (2) that the statute is unconstitutional.

Appellants are...

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