People v. Chapin

A jury convicted the defendant, Stacy A. Chapin, of theft by deception (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 16—l(a)(2)(A)). The trial court subsequently sentenced him to a seven-year extended term of imprisonment. The defendant appeals.

The record shows that 83-year-old Margaret Stuepfert was the victim of a home repair scam. At trial, Stuepfert testified that on the morning of June 17, 1991, she was backing out of her driveway when two men drove up in a pickup truck. From photographs introduced into evidence, Stuepfert identified the defendant as the passenger and Charles Herrin as the driver.…