People v. Levesque

Defendant Henry Levesque was charged by information with one count of robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 39, par. 18 — 1(a)) for taking, by the use of force, money and a portable radio from Vernon Thigpen in the early morning of July 25, 1990. The following evidence was adduced at defendant’s bench trial. Thigpen testified that at approximately 3:30 or 3:45 a.m. on July 25, 1990, he was in a motel room with his girl friend watching television when an unknown individual opened the locked door using a key. The individual apologized for the intrusion and explained that he had entered the wrong…