People v. Martin

After a jury trial, defendant, Jaysen Martin, was found guilty of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)) and was subsequently sentenced to an extended term of eight years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that the State failed to prove that his entry of the house in question was without authority and that there was a fatal variance between the date of the offense in the bill of particulars and the date testified to at trial.

On May 8, 1981, the defendant was charged in an information with three counts of burglary and three related counts of theft. Count II charged…