People v. Singleton

PRESIDING JUSTICE TURNER

delivered the opinion of the court:

In November 2003, a jury found defendant, Michael J. Singleton, guilty of burglary, theft over $300, animal torture, and aggravated cruelty to a companion animal. In January 2004, the trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent, five-year prison terms on the offenses of burglary and animal torture.

On appeal, defendant argues (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, (2) the trial court erred in allowing the State to inform the jury that a codefendant had pleaded guilty, and (3) statements made by two of the…