People v. Jones

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case raises the issue of whether the offense of soliciting for a juvenile prostitute (111. 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 soliciting for a juvenile prostitute because the State had only alleged that he acted as a prospective customer.

We affirm.

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