People v. Schuppert

PRESIDING JUSTICE RARICK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Fred Schuppert, was charged with conducting a marriage ceremony, knowing that his performance was not authorized by law, in that the celebrants had not obtained a marriage license, in violation of section 32 — 6(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 32 — 6(a)). Defendant chose to have a bench trial in the circuit court of Effingham County and was found guilty as charged on May 8, 1990. He was sentenced to two years’ conditional discharge, 40 hours of community service to the elderly, a $1 fine,…