PEOPLE v. LAWS

No. 1-90-2677.

586 N.E.2d 453 (1991)

224 Ill. App.3d 167

166 Ill.Dec. 495

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rose LAWS, Kenneth Laws, Linda Laws, Judy Lyons, Heidi Drost, and Mary Ellen Usher, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. Cook County, Chicago (Renee G. Goldfarb, Theodore Burtzos, Howard D. Weisman, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Carl M. Walsh and Brian J. Walsh, Chicago, for defendants-appellees Rose Laws, Kenneth Laws and Linda Laws.

Bernard Nathan, Chicago, for defendant-appellee Judy Lyons.

Enrico J. Mirabelli, Chicago, for defendant-appellee Heidi Drost.

J. Scott Arthur, Olympia Fields, for defendant-appellee Mary Ellen Usher.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In June 1989, a Cook County grand jury returned single and multi-count indictments against Rose Laws (Rose), Kenneth Laws (Kenneth), Linda Laws (Linda), and Judy Lyons (Judy) for pandering, as well as for the following conspiracies: pimping, pandering, soliciting for a prostitute, and keeping a place of prostitution. (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1989, ch. 38, pars. 8-2(a), 11-15(a)(2), 11-15(a)(3), 11-16(a)(2), 11-17(a), 11-19...

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