People v. Smith

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Dennis Smith, otherwise known as Randolph Darden, Jr. (defendant), was charged with theft of property valued at less than *150. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(a), (e)(1).) After a bench trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for 6 months. He appeals.

In this court defendant contends that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the court erred in denying defendant’s motion to suppress certain physical evidence.

At the hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress, he testified…