People v. Joyce

I respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority opinion which concludes that there exists sufficient corroborating evidence of defendant’s “unlawful purpose” to sustain the trial court’s guilty verdict.

The majority states that “[t]he totality of the circumstances here provides corroborating evidence that defendant acted for ‘other than a lawful purpose.’ ” (234 Ill. App. 3d at 413.) In support thereof, the majority notes (1) that B.N. was the only child that exited the school bus on the day in question; (2) that defendant, a stranger, asked B.N. if she wanted a ride; (3) that…