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PEOPLE v. MYERS

No. 3-84-0448.

130 Ill. App.3d 681 (1985)

474 N.E.2d 923

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JERRY K. MYERS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed February 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony L. Brasel, State's Attorney, of Watseka (Dennis E. Both, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Frank J. Simutis, of Ackman, Marek, Boyd & Simutis, Ltd., of Watseka, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

"Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remarks seemed to her to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English." Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

The appeal before us raises the question of whether a defendant may confound the enforcement of the law of this State by engaging in Hatter-like dialogue. Unlike Alice, we are not puzzled, and, consequently...

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