People v. McGee

SIXTH DIVISION March 5, 2010 No. 1-07-1309 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 05 CR 11448 ) MARCUS McGEE, ) Honorable ) Lawrence Terrell, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant Marcus McGee was found guilty of residential burglary after a bench trial and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. He contends on appeal that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the uninhabited building he entered was a dwelling place within…