PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 69278.

597 N.E.2d 574 (1992)

149 Ill.2d 331

173 Ill.Dec. 600

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Henrietta ADAMS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

July 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil A. Partee and Jack O'Malley, State's Attys., Renee G. Goldfarb and Robert M. Portman, Asst. State's Attys., Chicago, for the People.

John R. Hammell, Timothy S. Bishop and Harvey Grossman, Chicago, for appellees.

James D. Holzhauer, of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, for amici curiae Ill. Public Health Ass'n.

Sylvia A. Law, New York City, and Elizabeth Hubbard, Chicago, for amici curiae The Center for Women Policy Studies et al.


Chief Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

In separate proceedings in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendants, Henrietta Adams and Peggy Madison, were convicted of prostitution. Pursuant to section 5-5-3(g) of the Unified Code of Corrections, the defendants were ordered to undergo medical testing to determine whether they were carriers of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). (Ill.Rev...

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