People v. Perkins

Following a bench trial, defendant, Karen Perkins, was convicted of two counts of theft for receipt of stolen property (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(d)(1)), and sentenced to a term of one year of probation with the first 150 days to be served in the Cook County Department of Corrections. On appeal defendant contends that the State’s evidence was not sufficient to prove her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We reverse.

Defendant was arrested on November 3, 1981, at approximately 1:30 p.m., while she was sitting in the driver’s seat of an automobile which was stalled in the east lot…