PEOPLE v. DENTON

No. 2-98-1577.

728 N.E.2d 848 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 1137

245 Ill.Dec. 766

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William H. DENTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Mark G. Levine (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for William H. Denton.

Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Marshall M. Stevens, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant, William H. Denton, was convicted of burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-1(a) (West 1996)), acquitted of possession of burglary tools (720 ILCS 5/19-2(a) (West 1996)), and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of burglary because the commercial trailers he entered were not buildings or other structures to which...

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