Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 1978No. 49229PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moran
Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendants, Wallace Wilson and Kim Kimberley, were convicted of having violated section 192 — 8 of the Municipal Code of the city of Chicago (Code), which prohibits a person from wearing clothing of the opposite sex with the intent to conceal his or her sex. Each defendant was fined $100. The appellate court affirmed (44 Ill. App. 3d 620), and this court granted leave to appeal.
Defendants were arrested on February 18, 1974, minutes after they emerged from a restaurant where they had had breakfast. Defendant Wilson was wearing a…
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