People v. Nance

Armed robbery.

Jury trial.

Guilty.

Extended term — 45 years.

We affirm.

The facts are somewhat prolix.

At Nance’s jury trial, John Fiorino testified that as he rode his motorcycle down a Decatur street on August 5, 1980, a man on a bicycle stopped him. Two men seated across the street and about 25 to 30 feet away then called Fiorino over to them. As he pulled into a vacant parking lot, they walked up behind him and one — whom Fiorino identified as defendant — put a handgun to the back of his head and demanded money and cocaine. Fiorino stated that he had neither. However, defendant removed…