People v. Nelson

The defendant, Delrico J. Nelson, was charged with theft by receiving stolen property (720 ILCS 5/16 — 1(a)(4)(A) (West 2000)). The jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant challenges section 16 — 1(a)(4)(A) of the theft statute as unconstitutionally vague. We affirm.

FACTS

At trial, Trevor Kiel testified that he worked in his parents’ John Deere dealership in Macomb. On August 14, 2000, Trevor went into the dealership office at about 6:15 a.m. He noticed that a laptop computer and a digital camera were missing. The batteries for both…