PEOPLE v. JACKSON

Gen. Nos. 51,848, 51,849.

98 Ill. App.2d 296 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 482

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard E. Jackson and Carl Staats, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

July 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Ronald P. Katz and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellants.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and James Truschke, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants, Richard E. Jackson and Carl Staats, were indicted for burglary. At a bench trial they were convicted of that crime and each sentenced to a term of from two to five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. On appeal the defendants urge reversal, contending that neither the corpus delicti of the crime nor the guilt of the defendants was proven beyond...

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