People v. Washington

Defendant, Earl A. Washington, was charged with burglary. After a jury found him guilty of that crime, the court sentenced him to two years probation. (Rufus Tucker was charged with the same burglary, but is not involved in this appeal.) Defendant contends on appeal that the evidence was legally insufficient to convict him of burglary.

At approximately 4 a.m. on April 4,1975, a Walgreen drug store located at 3960 West Madison Street in Chicago was burglarized. The manager of the store was summoned to the premises a few minutes later. He testified that the front door was broken; glass and store…