The proof of the violation must be by a preponderance of the evidence, and the court's determination will be reversed only when it is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. See People v. Drake (1985), 131 Ill. App.3d 466; People v. Lee (1984), 128 Ill. App.3d 937. • 1 A probation revocation hearing is not a criminal adjudication and the defendant, at the probation revocation stage, is always a convicted felon.
The State argues that because the burden of proof is less stringent in a probation revocation proceeding, Housby does not apply. In support of its argument, the State cites People v. Lee (1984), 128 Ill. App.3d 937, 471 N.E.2d 988. In Lee the Second District noted that the inference of guilt from the exclusive and unexplained possession of recently stolen property explained in Housby is not applicable to a probation revocation proceeding since Housby and other cases relying on Housby dealt with the reasonable doubt standard.
Again, whether accomplice testimony, corroborated or uncorroborated, is a satisfactory basis for a conviction goes to the weight of the evidence and is therefore in the province of the finder of fact. People v. Lee (1984), 128 Ill. App.3d 937, 471 N.E.2d 988; see also People v. Winfield (1983), 113 Ill. App.3d 818, 447 N.E.2d 1029 (even though accomplice testimony is viewed with suspicion and scrutinized carefully on review, the fact that a witness is an accomplice or expects leniency affects only the weight to be given his testimony). • 8 Further, we do not agree that defendant was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because Cullotta's testimony as to who committed the murder was insufficiently corroborated.