People v. Yarbrough

The defendant, Billy Wayne Yarbrough, was sentenced to a six-year prison term after a jury in the Winnebago County circuit court found him guilty of armed robbery. The principal issue raised by this appeal is whether the defendant should receive a new trial because immediately after the jury verdict was received the trial judge suggested that the State give the defendant a polygraph exam and then withheld decision on defendant’s post-trial motions until after inquiring into the results of the exam. The defendant’s post-trial motions set forth several grounds, including insufficiency of the…