People v. Lacey

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Whiteside County, the defendant, Donald Lloyd Lacey, was convicted of burglary and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two years nor more than ten years. He has appealed contending that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the trial court committed reversible error in a ruling on evidence.

Recourse to the record shows that during the early morning hours of January 19, 1967, police officer Gordon Millerschone was on motor patrol in the City of Morrison. Around 3:45 a. m. he observed a light colored Rambler…