People of v. Hunter

The defendants, Paul Hunter and Wilbert Dubose, were charged with two counts of armed robbery. They were tried without a jury, found guilty on both counts and sentenced to two concurrent terms of four to five years in the penitentiary. Both defendants appeal; Dubose contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and he and Hunter assert that the trial court erred in sentencing them for two offenses which arose from one act.

The two defendants entered a Chicago restaurant at approximately three o’clock in the morning. Hunter came in the back door and Dubose the front. The…