People v. Garrison

The circuit court of Marion County declared unconstitutional sections 11 — 9(a)(3) and 11 — 9(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, pars. 11 — 9(a)(3), 11 — 9(b)). The State has appealed directly here pursuant to our Rule 302(a)(1) (73 Ill. 2d R. 302(a)(1)). We reverse.

The defendant, Gary “Mike” Garrison, was charged by information with “knowingly, at a public place, while standing behind a storm door, expose [ing] his sex organ in a lewd manner” to the prosecutrix “with the intent to arouse his sexual desires” in violation of section 11 — 9(a)(3) of the Criminal Code…