People v. Davis

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNULTY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the court found defendant, Edward Davis, guilty of retail theft of property worth more than $10,000, in violation of sections 16 — 1(a)(1) and 16 — 1(b)(5) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/16 — 1(a)(1), (b)(5) (West 1998)). On appeal, defendant contends that the court erred by admitting into evidence, without proper foundation, a document purportedly showing the retail prices of the items taken. We agree and accordingly we reverse the conviction.

On January 22, 1999, two men and one woman came up to…