Appellate Court of Illinois December 22, 1981, No. 81-18 (People v. King)

lead-opinion

JUSTICE HEIPLE

delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 24,1980, a criminal proceeding commenced in Peoria County. Victor King, the defendant, stood trial for the offense of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)). After two days of testimony, the jury returned a guilty verdict. Later, defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for 10 years.