· 3/22/1963
The People v. Duszkewycz
Citations
- 189 N.E.2d 299
- 27 Ill. 2d 257
- 1963 Ill. LEXIS 622
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- comparing the respective range of penalties for rape and incest and determining that rape, which carried the longer possible sentence, was the more serious offense
- finding that rape was a more serious offense than incest, based in part on the former being punishable by a prison term of one year to life, whereas the latter was punishable by a term of 1 to 20 years
- finding that rape was a more serious offense than incest, based in part on the former being punishable by a prison term of one year to life, whereas the latter was punishable by a term of one to twenty years
- comparing the respective range of penalties for rape and incest and determining that rape, which carried the longer possible sentence, was the more serious offense
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Judges: William G. Clark
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