People v. Keegan

In a jury trial in the circuit court of Lee County, defendant, Jack Keegan, was found guilty of the offense of indecent liberties with a child (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 11 — 4) and sentenced to not less than 4 nor more than 10 years in the penitentiary. The conviction is based upon the charge that defendant, 54 years of age, masturbated a 12-year-old boy.

As grounds for reversal defendant contends that section 11 — 4 of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional for the reason that it creates an unreasonable classification violative of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the…