Ray v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Doyle.

Defendants were convicted of aggravated robbery. Ray was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of not less than ten and not more than twenty years. Johnson received a sentence of from 80 years to life. Neither the disparity between the sentences imposed nor the reason for the extreme sentence imposed on Johnson is before us. The only errors presented pertain to conduct of the trial and thus we find it unnecessary to relate the facts.

Defendants contend that the judgments must be reversed for these reasons:

First, the court erred in responding to an…