People v. Yarbrough

Billy Wayne Yarbrough was tried and convicted in Winnebago County of the offense of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 18—2). The defendant was sentenced to a minimum term of six years in the Department of Corrections. He filed a timely notice o.f an appeal.

Defendant allegedly robbed Dale Reinhold, the owner, and Debbie Edwards, an employee, of K. C.’s Disco in South Beloit. The robbery occurred about 2:30 a.m. on December 22, 1979. The two victims were about to get into Reinhold’s truck in the parking lot of the disco after having locked up for the night. The defendant…