People v. Bullock

This is an appeal from a conviction for theft of an automobile. Defendant was admitted to three years probation on condition that the first year be served in the House of Correction in Chicago. The only issue is whether defendant was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

April 11, 1968, at approximately 9:50 p. m., two squads of Chicago policemen received a call that an automobile was being stripped in a vacant lot at 4510 South Cottage Grove, Chicago. Officer John J. Finnegan, with his partner driving, proceeded to the scene and entered a north and south alley at East 45th Street which was…