Appellate Court of Illinois March 27, 1981, 79-758 (People v. Morgese)

Mr. JUSTICE REINHARD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Angela Marie Morgese, was found guilty of retail theft of merchandise valued at less than $150 in violation of section 16A — 3(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 16A — 3(a)) in the circuit court of Du Page County in a bench trial.