People v. Crowder

Defendants, Walter Crowder and Jack Brewer, appeal from a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, finding them guilty of theft of property having a value exceeding $150 in connection with the theft of a Corvette automobile. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1.

In response to a wave of car thefts, members of the Rockford Police Department and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department established a surveillance post on the fourth floor of the local Ramada Inn. On the evening of March 17,1978, they observed a blue Dodge van drive into the motel parking lot and pull up…