People v. Beauchamp

I concur with the circuit court judge that sufficient evidence was introduced to establish that the defendant made an entry to the motor vehicle by removing the vehicle’s hatchback window, which the victim identified in the defendant’s possession, and was therefore guilty of burglary. That the defendant committed the more serious offense of burglary to a motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony, rather than theft, a Class 3 felony, as the majority holds, is consistent with the burglary statute’s design “to deter unauthorized entry into any part of a motor vehicle.” People v. Parham, 377 Ill. App. 3d…