People v. Fender

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial defendant was convicted of criminal damage to property (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 21 — 1(a)); he was sentenced to a one-year term of probation and ordered to make $55 in restitution. On appeal he contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt by the circumstantial evidence presented. We disagree and affirm the conviction.

About 5 a.m. on June 9, 1979, Chicago police went to a north side alley in response to a burglary-in-progress call. There the arresting officer saw one man seated…