People v. Davis

Defendant, Larry E. Davis, was convicted of theft by deception (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(b)(1)) after a jury trial. He was sentenced by the circuit court of Winnebago County to a term of five years’ imprisonment. He contends his conviction should be reversed because the evidence failed to show that he obtained the property from the alleged victim by deception. He suggests the evidence may have established the offense of attempt but that he was not so charged.

The evidence showed that in February 1983 defendant had been imprisoned in the Sheridan Correctional Center. He became…