(September 26, 2014 at 1:21 pm)Michael Schubert Wrote: The teen should not face desecration charges. Instead, he should only face trespassing charges because he did that on someone else's private property.
Trespass only applies to areas not generally open to the public (like the inside of your fenced yard, OR areas that are generally open, and you've been asked to leave by agent of the owner. That's why you aren't trespassing when you enter any store's property. Unfenced lawns outside a church seem to be wide open to public access.
In any case, the church is not pursuing charges -- just the DA. He's trying to set the community straight on what their morals ought to be, according to him.
