People v. Furby

Following a jury trial, the defendants James Furby and Thomas Furby were convicted of theft in excess of $300 and were sentenced to probation and community service. On appeal, a majority of this court reversed the defendants’ convictions, holding that the State had failed to prove the corpus delicti of the offense of theft in excess of $300. The remaining issues raised by the defendants were not addressed by this court. (See People v. Furby (1989), 181 Ill. App. 3d 872, 883 (Lindberg, J., dissenting).) On appeal by the State the supreme court reversed, holding that the record contained…