In Re Catalano

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

Petitioners (hereafter defendants), authorized representatives of the carpenters’ union, entered a construction site to inspect safety conditions and prepare a shop steward’s report. When they refused to leave upon request by an agent of the landowner, defendants were arrested and convicted of trespassing. (Pen. Code, § 602, subd. (k)(1).) 1 Maintaining that the record demonstrates that their conduct did not violate the trespass statute, defendants petition us for writs of habeas corpus. 2

We first observe that defendants, sentenced to a fine or imprisonment, are under…