People v. Robinson

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted the defendant, Ali Robinson, of possession of a stolen vehicle (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 95½, par. 4 — 103(a)(1)). The defendant appeals his conviction. We affirm.

The defendant took the victim’s car from the victim’s place of employment. After eluding the police in a high-speed chase, the defendant was arrested walking along some railroad tracks about a half block from the abandoned and damaged car.

At trial, the victim and a witness who had talked with the defendant just before the defendant took the car and who saw…