Legal Opinion
People v. Carrillo
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 12, 1984No. A024211PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLINE, P. J.
Defendants and appellants Victor Manuel Carrillo and Margaret Suzanne Carrillo, husband and wife, appeal their conviction of child stealing. (Pen. Code, § 278.)
The issue they present is whether Penal Code section 278 and Civil Code section 197, as applied, constitute gender-based discrimination depriving an unwed father of equal protection of the laws under the California and federal Constitutions.
Facts
Alexandra M. is the mother of a girl, born December 31, 1981. Alexandra believed that appellant Victor Carrillo was the father of her child and through the district…
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