People v. Lamb

Defendant, Christopher Lamb, was convicted of residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 19 — 3(a) (now 720 ILCS 5/19— 3(a) (West 1992))). Defendant contends on appeal that his right to have the trial judge review the sufficiency of the evidence during his post-trial motion was denied since the trial judge erroneously believed that he had no authority to enter an acquittal at that stage of the proceedings. We reverse.

Defendant was arrested in June 1984 and charged with participating in a residential burglary. Defendant gave a statement to Sergeant Richard Wilkinson of the Ogle…