PEOPLE v. POINDEXTER

No. 58013.

18 Ill. App.3d 436 (1973)

305 N.E.2d 400

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES POINDEXTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

November 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Siebel, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago, for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HALLETT delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was, after a bench trial, found guilty of the theft of an electric typewriter alleged to have been owned by the Republic Packaging Corporation, of the value of $100, and was sentenced to nine months in the Cook County Jail.

On appeal, he contends inter alia, that the ownership of said typewriter was not established by competent evidence. We agree and...

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