People v. Turner

Defendant was convicted of burglary in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Washington County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than ten years. In this appeal he questions the sufficiency of the indictment to charge an offense and contends that his sentence was excessive.

The indictment charged that defendant knowingly and without authority entered a certain building, “* * * with intent to commit therein a felony or theft, in violation of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1."

Defendant contends that the indictment is fatally defective in that…