Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Guilty Pleas
Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of 1 felony count and 1 misdemeanor count of public indecency arising from an incident when he allegedly masturbated in the presence of a female jogger, within 500 feet of a junior high school when children were present on the school grounds. Defendant was also charged with misdemeanor public indecency regarding a separate incident. The term "school grounds", as used in section 11-30(c) of Criminal Code, includes the interior of a school building. MIsdemeanor conviction is vacated under the 1-act, 1-crime analysis.(BIRKETT and HUDSON, concurring.)