People v. Smith

PRESIDING JUSTICE EARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Richard E. Smith, was convicted by a jury of residential burglary and sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in the Department of Corrections by the circuit court of Marion County. Defendant appeals from his conviction.

In the early morning hours of July 8, 1985, Helen Telford, age 76, was awakened by her mother calling out to her. Mrs. Telford got up out of bed and saw two men standing in her house. She turned on the bedroom light and ordered them to leave. The two refused to go. One of the men began searching the bedroom…