People v. Spivey

Defendant, Donnell Spivey, was found guilty of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 19—1), after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, and he was sentenced to a term of 2 to 6 years. The sole issue presented for review is whether the court committed reversible error by considering hearsay testimony.

We affirm.

On May 13, 1976, at about 2:40 p.m., an Oak Park police officer, Jan Stachura, received a radio message and proceeded to the area of Mayfield and Race in Chicago where he observed defendant exiting an alley carrying a large brown box with a blue handle in his right…