People v. Allen

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Linda Allen, was found guilty of criminal trespass to property resulting from her participation in an antinuclear demonstration at Commonwealth Edison’s La Salle County Nuclear Station. The court sentenced the defendant to a seven-day term of imprisonment as a condition of one year’s probation and a $200 fine plus costs. On appeal, the defendant argues that the court improperly sentenced her to a term of imprisonment. We affirm.

The defendant contends that at the sentencing hearing, the trial court improperly considered certain evidence as aggravating…