People v. Parker

PRESIDING JUSTICE FREEMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Elijah Parker, Charles Maddox and Lee White, were charged by indictment with multiple counts of armed robbery stemming from the robbery of a Jewel Food Store in Blue Island, Illinois. Parker and White were tried by a jury and convicted on all counts. Maddox chose a bench trial. He too was convicted on all counts. Maddox and White received concurrent sentences of 18 years’ imprisonment on each count. Parker received concurrent sentences of 30 years’ imprisonment on each count. All defendants appeal their convictions.…