People v. Smith

FIRST DIVISION

September 7, 1999

No. 1-98-1323

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

ALEX SMITH,

Defendant-Appellant.)))))))))

Appeal from the

Circuit Court of

Cook County

Honorable

James D. Egan,

Judge Presiding.

PRESIDING JUSTICE O'MARA FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The State charged defendant, Alex Smith, by indictment with two counts of indecent solicitation of a child based on the offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. The indictment alleged that defendant committed the indecent solicitation on July 11, 1997, in that he being over 17 solicited two…