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PEOPLE v. DEAN

No. 78-369.

73 Ill. App.3d 501 (1979)

392 N.E.2d 57

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. QUEEN DEAN, a/k/a Austin Queen, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Rice, of Belleville, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Gillum Ferguson, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Madison County, defendant, Queen Dean, was convicted of three counts of gambling and fined $500 plus court costs. At her trial, defendant asserted the affirmative defense that her reliance upon an order of the Illinois Appellate Court justified her belief that her conduct was not illegal. Defendant appeals, contending that her conviction...

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