People v. Johnson

Following a bench trial the defendant, Edward Johnson, was convicted of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)), and sentenced to a term of eight years. He appeals contending that his conviction for burglary should be reversed because burglary is not a lesser included offense of residential burglary, the offense with which he was charged.

On March 23, 1982, the defendant was arrested and charged with residential burglary. At trial, police officer Melvin Powell testified that on that date he responded to a call of a burglary in progress at 300 North Lotus Street in Chicago. As…