People v. Lyones

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Eugene Lyones, was charged with the offenses of criminal trespass to a vehicle (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 21 — 2) and misdemeanor theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1). After a trial without a jury, the judge found him not guilty of misdemeanor theft but sentenced him to the Department of Corrections for a term of six months on the criminal trespass to a vehicle charge. On appeal, the defendant argues: (1) that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crime of…