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U.S. v. MATTHEWS

No. 01 CR 1157.

225 F.Supp.2d 893 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Sheila MATTHEWS, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

September 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Higgins Judge, Fed. Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for defendant.

Jeffrey Cramer, U.S. Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, for U.S.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KENNELLY, District Judge.

This is, thankfully, an unusual case. Defendant Sheila Matthews pled guilty to kidnapping a sixteen month-old child ("Girl A") on December 24, 2001, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). Matthews' boyfriend Dewallis Harris had recently been released from a California prison. While Harris was imprisoned Matthews falsely told him that she had given birth to a daughter whom he had fathered, and...

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