People v. Starks

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from the dismissal of a charge of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2) against defendant, Ronnie Starks. The trial court found the State had failed to fulfill its promise to nol-pros the charge if defendant passed a polygraph examination, and the State contends the court’s finding is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the robbery of the Libertyville Federal Savings and Loan Association in Gurnee, Illinois, on January 15, 1982. Jalena Gutman…