THE PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 35045.

17 Ill.2d 55 (1959)

160 N.E.2d 818

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RICHARD ALLEN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EMANUAL ROSENBERG, WAYNE L. BICKES, and ROSENBERG & ROSENBERG, all of Decatur, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and HILMER C. LANDHOLT, State's Attorney, of Decatur, (FRED G. LEACH and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is before us on a writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Macon County entered upon a jury verdict finding the defendant, Richard Allen, guilty of the crime of burglary.

Defendant contends on this writ of error that the State failed to prove the ownership of the building as alleged in the indictment; that the evidence was insufficient to establish...

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