People v. DiGuida

Defendant, Paul DiGxiida, was convicted of criminal trespass to real property (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 21 — 3(a)) after refusing to leave the premises of a grocery store where he had been soliciting signatures for a political petition. Defendant appealed his conviction, and the appellate court reversed (215 Ill. App. 3d 913). We granted the State’s petition for leave to appeal (134 Ill. 2d R. 317), and allowed a number of groups and organizations to submit briefs as amici curiae (134 Ill. 2d R. 345).

The issue presented for review is whether a private store’s invocation of the…