People v. Thoma

The defendant, Louis Thoma, was charged with soliciting for a prostitute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 11 — 15(a)(1)), and attempted patronizing a prostitute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8 — 4(a), 11— 18). The trial court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the soliciting charge. The State appeals.

The defendant was the prospective patron of an undercover police officer who was posing as a prostitute. His motion to dismiss the soliciting charge relied upon People v. Holloway (1986), 143 Ill. App. 3d 735, 493 N.E.2d 89, in which the court held that the soliciting statute…