People v. Panus

Defendant, Donald Panus, was convicted in a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County of the offense of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)) and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 5 to 15 years. The appellate court reversed and ordered a new trial on the ground that the property taken was not sufficiently identified and that defendant was unduly prejudiced by its admission into evidence (62 Ill. App. 3d 177). We allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal.

In the latter part of October of 1974, Ronald Garmer placed his Sears Roto-Tiller in a shed…