People v. Loncar

Defendant Loncar appeals Ms conviction and sentence for robbery armed. He and codefendant Joseph Welsh were jointly tried by jury under an information originally charging: count 1-kidnapping; count 2-robbery armed; count 3-safe robbery. At the opening of the trial, counsel for both defendants made two motions, first to dismiss the count of kidnapping, based upon lack of evidence, and second, to the effect that the three counts in the information, being for separate and distinct crimes, were wrongfully joined together and such joinder was prejudicial to the defendant. Both motions were denied…