People v. Legel

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• holding that defendant indecently exposed himself in his own home by standing on top of his dining room table, under a light fixture, at night, and in clear view of the neighboring home through unobstructed sliding glass doors
• holding that defendant indecently exposed himself in his own home by standing on top of his dining room table, under a light fixture, at night, and in clear view of the neighboring home through unobstructed sliding glass doors
• recognizing the difference between “public view” and “public place”; where “there is a reasonable expectation of public view ... the acts can be held to have occurred in a ‘public place’ ”
• purpose of Illinois statute is “to protect the public from shocking and embarrassing displays”
• exposure in dining room observed from outside the home was public indecency, where “public place” requirement was defined as “any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).