The PEOPLE v. Malone

Defendants, Charles H. Malone and Edward Harry Abbott, were jointly tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of Edwards County on separate informations charging each defendant with theft in violation of section 16 — 1(a) of the Criminal Code, and possessing stolen property knowing it to have been stolen by another in violation of section 16 — 1(d)(1) of the Criminal Code. At the close of the State’s evidence the trial court granted motions for directed verdicts as to both defendants on the theft charges. Neither defendant offered any evidence and the cases were submitted to the jury on…