State v. Steffen

These seven defendants were charged with Trespass in the Second Degree in connection with their refusal to leave the Lovejoy Clinic after being told to do so. All were convicted after trial by jury. Each received a one-year bench probation, a suspended 30-day jail sentence, and a $50 fine. The cases were consolidated for trial and remain consolidated for this appeal. We reverse the convictions of five of the defendants — Steffen, Shafer, Germeroth, Owen and Schiedler — for failure of proof, and affirm the convictions of the remaining two defendants — Klein and Bochsler.

The defendants’ first…