People v. Duda

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS

delivered the opinion of the court:

A demonstration and “smoke-in” on the Illinois Capitol grounds.

Charge: Interference with another’s use of State land.

Guilty — 2 days in jail.

We reverse: Insufficient evidence.

Duda and his co-defendants (Norris, Kiser, Haynes, and Callahan) were convicted of criminal trespass to State-supported land following a bench trial. The charges arose from an incident which occurred on September 3, 1978, on the grounds of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, at what has commonly been referred to as “Springfield’s First Annual Fall…