People v. Deems

On August 30,1977, the defendant Donald L. Deems was indicted by the Peoria County grand jury for the offense of theft of a Ford automobile having a value in excess of *150 which offense is alleged to have occurred on August 17, 1977. The defendant was arraigned on September 1,1977, and the trial set for November 7, 1977.

The offense charged was a violation of section 16 — 1(d)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 16—1(d)(1)), which provides that a person is guilty of theft if he:

“(d) Obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to have been stolen by…