People v. Hancock

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Raymond L. Hancock, was convicted of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)), and incident to his four-year sentence of probation was ordered to serve six months in jail if he failed to pay restitution within 42 months.

The evidence at trial established the following. At approximately 4:50 a.m. on November 17, 1984, a cash register was stolen from the Joliet School of Beauty Culture (the school). Almost simultaneously, Curt Clark, a Northern Illinois Rail Company security officer, heard the school’s front window break and then saw a black…