People v. Powell

A jury in the circuit court of Sangamon County found the defendant and his codefendant, O’Neill, guilty of the offense of burglary in violation of section 19 — 1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1). Defendant was sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal defendant raises no questions of reasonable doubt and therefore an extended recitation of the evidence is unnecessary. In brief, it showed that defendant and O’Neill were apprehended inside a market in Springfield after the store had closed and that O’Neill was in possession of a paper sack containing…