People v. Curtis

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Thomas Curtis, Jr., Larry Whitmore and Ralph Romaker were found guilty by a Sangamon County jury of burglarizing John Kopatz’s service station in Springfield on December 5, 1974. Each defendant was sentenced to 1 to 7 years in the penitentiary.

At trial, Officer Alan Daley testified that he first saw defendant Romaker and John Oliver standing on the sidewalk in front of the Kopatz Service Station at 12:30 a.m. on December 5,1974. Daley was suspicious and requested to be assisted by a plain car. Within five minutes,…