People v. Matthews

After a bench trial, defendant Louis Matthews was convicted of burglary with intent to rape, and sentenced by the circuit court of Cook County to two years conditional discharge. The sole issue on appeal is whether defendant was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

We reverse.

The record discloses the following pertinent facts. Complainant, a married woman, testified that at about 2 o’clock on the afternoon of July 11, 1974, she was sitting alone in the living room of her home in West Rogers Park, a Chicago neighborhood, when she heard the unlocked back screen door open and close, followed…