People v. Lanpher

By indictment the defendant, Christopher Lanpher, was charged with six separate counts of burglary in that he knowingly and without authority entered certain motor vehicles with the intent to commit a theft. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a).) The parties stipulated that all items allegedly taken were either citizens band radios or stereo tape players and all were affixed to the interior of the motor vehicles by bolts. Defendant moved to dismiss the indictments arguing that the removal of a part or component of a vehicle could be prosecuted only as a misdemeanór under section 4 —…