People v. Boose

PRESIDING JUSTICE WHITE

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial defendant, Carl Boose, was convicted of burglary and retail theft. He was sentenced to seven years for burglary and 365 days for theft, the sentences to run concurrently. Defendant appeals the burglary conviction and sentence.

On December 18, 1983, Gerald Rice, supervisor of night shift guards at Marshall Field’s State Street store, received a call at 8:20 a.m. from a Marshall Field’s engineer. Rice testified that the engineer told him a man was sleeping in the store. Rice encountered defendant in the store near…