People v. Jocko

PRESIDING JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Robert Jocko was charged with burglary. Specifically, he was accused of removing power tools, worth approximately $300, from a detached, residential garage in Berwyn, Illinois, on July 6, 2005. A neighbor and eyewitness to the burglary failed to identify defendant at trial, although he had previously identified defendant at a showup. The getaway van was registered not to defendant, but to someone else who happened to live in defendant’s apartment building. The driver of the van was apprehended close to the scene,…