Appellate Court of Illinois August 11, 2000, 1-99-2046 (City of Chicago v. Powell)

JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

William Powell stood on a Chicago street corner yelling “blows.” In this case of first impression, the City of Chicago (City), in its amended complaint against Powell, alleges that he “committed the offense of soliciting unlawful business in that he was observed shouting blows, a common term for heroin, on the public way at the above address for