People v. Spicuzza

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Anthony Spicuzza, was charged by indictment with the offense of theft over $150 in that, on August 11,1970, he knowingly obtained unauthorized control over an automobile with intent permanently to deprive the owner of its use and benefit, in violation of section 16—1 of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 16—1). After a bench trial in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, at which the evidence established that the defendant obtained possession of the car from the Yates Oldsmobile Corporation in St.…