People v. Sutherland

The defendants, Linda Marie Sutherland, Roxana Margurite Schultz, and Tonia Sue Papke, were charged in a joint indictment with the crime of publicly mutilating a flag of the United States in violation of the second paragraph of section 1 of the Illinois flag desecration act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 5614, par. 6). In a trial before a jury, all defendants were found guilty.

In an earlier opinion filed on February 9, 1973, this court affirmed the judgments of conviction. (People v. Sutherland, 9 Ill.App.3d 824, 292 N.E.2d 746.) The Illinois Supreme Court denied leave to appeal, without opinion,…