People v. Hopkins

Defendants, Ronald Hopkins and Marvin Martin, were jointly tried and convicted of theft from the person (Ill Rev Stats 1969, c 38, § 16-1) in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Randolph County and were sentenced to terms of three to seven years in the State Penitentiary. They appeal.

Mrs. Fern Deterding testified that about twelve, noon, on October 6, 1967, she was shopping in the Voss Grocery Store in Red Bud, Illinois. She had just left the bank across the street and was carrying two bank envelopes in her purse, one containing $1,000 and the other containing $822. As she approached the…