People v. Wicks

Defendant was convicted by a Coles County jury of the offense of forgery under Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, sec. 17 — 3 and sentenced to four years probation conditioned on serving a six month incarceration period. Defendant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether defendant’s guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a new trial upon the discovery of new evidence. We affirm the conviction on both issues.

On December 8, 1970, James LeBond, a student, found a purse belonging to Jean Mickey containing a number of blank checks…