People v. Murphy

Following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Kankakee County, defendant was convicted of theft of property having a value in excess of *150. He was sentenced to a term of from one to three years in prison.

Defendant Charles Murphy was an employee of K-Mart A & P Grocery store in the city of Kankakee. On April 12-13, 1976, he was scheduled to work the 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift along with two other employees, Ulysses Hudson and Michael Graves. It was defendant’s job to act as cash register operator during the night shift, but because defendant was one-half hour late for work, Hudson operated the…