People v. Banks

Anthony Banks (defendant) was found guilty of theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1) after a bench trial and was sentenced to nine months at the state penal farm. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction and that the court considered evidence presented without proper foundation. The People urge that the evidence is sufficient and that no error was committed in connection therewith.

A clerk from a local department store testified that he saw a man named Richardson (tried with defendant and acquitted) take a man’s green leather coat from a…