Nunn v. People

Opinion by

MR. JUSTICE HODGES.

Defendant Nunn was found guilty by a jury of burglary and theft. By writ of error, he urges reversal because allegedly the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction and because the court erred in giving an instruction on flight. Neither of these contentions are meritorious, and we therefore affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The evidence which the People introduced for the purpose of establishing the defendant’s guilt is wholly circumstantial. During the nighttime, a police officer on routine patrol in a shopping center observed a car backed up to…