Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant Towanna Frazier was charged with escape. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss, claiming that because a violation of probation was neither a felony nor a misdemeanor, there was no basis for the charge. In response, the State conceded that the statute (720 ILCS 5/31-6(c) (West 1992)) did not include a violation of probation as an underlying offense and that no Illinois case law existed permitting such use. The...
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