People v. Trice

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK

delivered the opinion of the court.

These appeals are from convictions for armed robbery. After a jury trial both defendants were sentenced; Robert Fair to three to fifteen years in the Illinois State Penitentiary, and James Trice to two to ten years.

On December 20, 1967, William Minor was working his paper route on the south side of Chicago. At about 6:00 p. m. he noticed two men following him, so he turned into a hallway of a building and rang some doorbells in an unsuccessful attempt to gain entrance to the building. Defendant Trice followed him into the…