People v. Rife

Walter Rife was found guilty of burglary and theft after a jury trial. He was sentenced to 20 to 50 years in the penitentiary on the burglary count and here appeals from the dismissal of his post-conviction petition.

On June 24, 1969, an Adams County grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant with committing a burglary and theft on April 16, 1969. The burglary indictment alleged that the defendant “committed the offense of Rurglary in that he, without authority, knowingly entered a vehicle of Adams Electrical Co-op, an Illinois corporation, with intent to commit therein a theft,…