People v. Street

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of two counts of theft of over $150 and one count of burglary. He was sentenced to not less than 1 nor more than 3 years on each count to run concurrently. On appeal, defendant contends that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the presumption of guilt arising from the unexplained possession of recently stolen property is in violation of his fifth amendment rights as applied under the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution.

The offenses…