People v. Cline

Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Sufficiency of Evidence
Citation
Case Number: 
2022 IL 126383
Decision Date: 
Friday, January 21, 2022
Holding: 
Reversed.
Justice: 
THEIS

Defendant convicted of residential burglary following a bench trial. Appellate court reversed finding the evidence supporting the conviction was insufficient where the only evidence was a single fingerprint found on an item in the victim’s apartment. Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the trial court and reversed the appellate court, finding that the evidence was not so unreasonable, improbable, or unsatisfactory as to create a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt. (ANNE M. BURKE, GARMAN, NEVILLE, MICHAEL J. BURKE, OVERSTREET, and CARTER, concurring)