People v. Bean

Defendant, Richard Bean, was convicted of unlawful use of weapons (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1(a)(4)) after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, and he was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for a term of 8 months. The issue presented for review is whether he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

We affirm.

At trial, Officer Dwyer testified that at about 3 or 4 p.m. on March 2, 1977, while on patrol, he talked to a man standing in front of a men’s clothing store at 2016 East 71st Street. The man, an employee of the store, told him defendant was inside…