People v. Leib
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Leib was convicted of being a child sex offender in a school zone when persons under the age of 18 were present in the building or on the grounds, 720 ILCS 5/11-9.3(a), and was sentenced to one year in prison. He argued that the prosecution failed to establish that he was on “real property comprising any school” and that, even if the property at issue was properly considered “real property comprising any school,” the state failed to establish that Leib knew he was on such property. Leib had been present at a festival in a parking lot for a church and school.
The appellate court and Illinois Supreme Court affirmed. There is evidence that the parking lot is used for school purposes and is owned by the parish, which owned the church and school, and that the church and school were connected to each other and considered to be synonymous. The layout of the festival itself indicates Leib was aware of a substantial probability that the parking lot is located on school grounds.
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