PEOPLE v. MARTIN

No. 3-92-0084.

606 N.E.2d 1265 (1992)

240 Ill. App.3d 260

180 Ill.Dec. 188

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brenda MARTIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Ehmann, Office of State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Frank Picl, Trial Counsel, Peoria, for Brenda Martin.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Atty., Peoria, Robert M. Hansen, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court convicted defendant Brenda Martin in absentia of prostitution (Ill. Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 11-14). She was subsequently sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment. She appeals, and we affirm the judgment as modified.

On appeal, the defendant first argues that she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of prostitution because the evidence failed to show that she agreed...

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