People v. Allen

PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Steven Allen, was charged by information with having committed the offenses of attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 8 — 4, 19 — 1, 19— 2.) Following a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of both offenses. Thereafter, he was sentenced to a determinate term of three years of imprisonment.

The defendant now raises a single issue on appeal: whether the trial court erred in refusing to give the second paragraph of the circumstantial evidence jury instruction.

At issue…