People v. Lopez

On October 27, 1986, Nan Zhou’s apartment at 3415 North Marshfield in Chicago was burglarized. Zhou and his wife had returned home from the bank to find the front door of their apartment open, the dead bolt lying on the floor, and a man running out the back door. Following a police chase, a suspect matching the description given by Zhou was apprehended and later identified as defendant, Anthony Lopez. After a jury trial, Lopez was found guilty of residential burglary, and due to previous felony convictions, sentenced as a Class X offender to a 20-year term of incarceration.

On appeal,…