People v. Ruiz

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury, defendant, Diego Ruiz, was convicted of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1) and felony theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(a)). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of six years for burglary of a trailer and five years for theft of a Honda Prelude automobile.

The single issue presented by this appeal is whether a semi-tractor-trailer is a structure which can be the subject of the offense, of burglary. We conclude that it may and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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