People v. Curtis

Defendant, Billie J. Curtis, was charged with the crime of burglary. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of two and a half to four years. Defendant appeals, contending first that a certain State’s instruction was erroneously given, and secondly, that he was not proved guilty of burglary beyond a reasonable doubt.

On November 27, 1966, at about 9:30 p. m., Officers Thomas Rowan and Morris Steward were in the vicinity of 1300 East 64th Street in the City of Chicago, pursuant to a burglary in progress call. They noticed two men, one of…