PEOPLE v. PARKINS

Nos. 51467, 51468, 51504 cons.

77 Ill.2d 253 (1979)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ROBERT PARKINS et al., Appellees. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LINDA ROSS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne Noel, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Phyllis J. Perko and Barbara A. Preiner, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Mary Robinson, Deputy Defender, and Elizabeth E. Clarke, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellees.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, and C. Joseph Cavanagh, State's Attorney, both of Springfield (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Phyllis J. Perko and Barbara A. Preiner, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

John Gray Noll, of Springfield, for appellee.


Judgments reversed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In causes numbered 51467 and 51468 the People appealed from the judgments of the circuit court of Winnebago County entered upon allowance of the motion to dismiss filed by defendants Robert Parkins and Linda Parkins, charged in a single complaint with the offense of harassment by telephone in violation of section 1-1 of "An Act * * * to prevent harassment by the use of telephone...

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