PEOPLE v. LAWS

No. 73306.

613 N.E.2d 747 (1993)

155 Ill.2d 208

184 Ill.Dec. 430

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee. v. Rose LAWS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl M. Walsh, Chicago, for appellants Rose Laws, Kenneth Laws and Linda Laws.

Bernard B. Nathan, Chicago, for appellant Judy Lyons.

J. Enrico J. Mirabelli, Chicago, for appellant Heidi Drost.

J. Scott Arthur, Olympia Fields, for appellant Mary Ellen Usher.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos and Laura L. Morrison, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal follows the reinstatement of conspiracy charges against defendants.

We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

BACKGROUND

In June 1989, a Cook County grand jury returned 16 indictments in connection with its investigation of defendants who were allegedly instrumental in the operation of an extensive prostitution ring. Eight indictments charged a single count of conspiracy...

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