People v. Murphy

Defendant was convicted of burglary after bench trial. Evidence was sufficient to find Defendant guilty of burglary beyond a reasonable doubt, when evidence at trial showed that entry into the UIC telecommunications building was controlled by a key or key card and limited to UIC employees;  UIC employees testified that Defendant was not employed by UIC; and Defendant was in the building on a Sunday morning when only 3 other employees were in the building, and he was observed moving boxes and attempting to open doors. These facts were sufficient to support reasonable inference that he entered building without authority. (PIERCE, concurring; HYMAN, concurring in part and dissenting in part.)