People v. Young

Defendant, Charles Young, was charged with felony theft by indictment in September of 1973. He was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Peoria County, a judgment of conviction was entered thereon and defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than 2 nor more than 8 years in the penitentiary. The case had resulted in two previous mistrials before a conviction was obtained. A jury unable to reach a verdict caused one of the mistrials.

Young was convicted of felony theft for talcing five automobile tires and wheels from an automobile owned by Budget Rent-a-Car.…