People v. Owens

Filed 12/19/08 NO. 4-07-0838 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) McLean County DIYEZ RAMON OWENS, ) No. 06CF1234 Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Honorable ) Scott Drazewski, ) Judge Presiding. _________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court: Following a May 2007 trial, a jury convicted defendant, Diyez Ramon Owens, of two counts of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18- 2(a) (West 2004)) and two counts of aggravated robbery (720…