People v. Tarkowski

On September 5, 1978, defendant was arrested for toll evasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 121, par. 100 — 27.1), resisting a peace officer (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 31 — 1) and failure to surrender his drivers license (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 95M, par. 6 — 112). Those charges arose out of an incident which occurred at the Plaza 51 toll booth on the East-West Tollway near Oakbrook, Illinois.

On September 5,1978, at approximately 12 noon, defendant testified he was traveling westbound on the Eisenhower Expressway from downtown Chicago when he inadvertently entered the tollway system.…