People v. Ray

Defendant, John Whitman Ray, appeals from his conviction for violating section 24 of the Medical Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 111, par. 4459), which prohibits the practice of medicine without a license. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty, placed on one year misdemeanor probation and fined $880. The sole issue on appeal is the constitutionality of section 24.

Defendant’s conviction resulted from an undercover investigation by reporter Ann Little. Little posed as a patient and went to consult defendant at a motel in Countryside, Illinois, on December 7, 1979. Little…