The PEOPLE v. Bryan

Defendants, Raymond Bryan and Norman Owens, were found guilty of burglary and larceny by a jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County, and were each sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than 10 nor more than 20 years. Both defendants prosecute this writ of error to reverse their convictions, claiming that their guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt.

On June 27, 1961, at 11:5o P.M., police officers Ernest Bovinette and James Melvin were patroling in a squad car near a Sears, Roebuck store. They observed a car with its lights out parked at the door of a small building…