People v. Everett

Defendant was found guilty at a bench trial of the crime of receiving stolen property and was sentenced to a term of six months in the House of Correction. He appeals.

Hazel Porter testified that her home on South Sangamon Street in Chicago had been burglarized and that two television sets were stolen therefrom. She further testified that she thereafter saw one of the sets in the window of the defendant’s television repair shop at 1144 West 69th Street in Chicago, which she subsequently identified as her property.

Detective Phillip Pignato testified that he had been assigned to investigate the…