PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 4-92-0930.

615 N.E.2d 391 (1993)

245 Ill. App.3d 810

185 Ill.Dec. 832

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dean JONES, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Clary, State's Atty., Danville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Elliott Turpin, Staff Atty., Springfield, for plaintiff-appellant.

Terry Miles, Acton & Snyder, Danville, for defendant-appellee.


Presiding Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case raises the issue of whether the offense of soliciting for a juvenile prostitute (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 11-15.1) applies to a prospective customer who solicits sexual acts for money from a juvenile. The trial court held that the statute applies only to "middlemen" who find customers for a juvenile prostitute. Accordingly, the court dismissed a charge against defendant, Dean Jones, of...

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