People v. Davis

Defendant, Larry Davis, was convicted of armed robbery and aggravated battery after a bench trial and was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for armed robbery and to 5 years’ imprisonment for aggravated battery. Defendant now appeals raising only two contentions: (1) that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his request for a continuance and (2) that the mittimus and notice of appeal must be amended to conform to his sentence.

The record indicates that on September 7, 1984, at approximately 5:15 p.m. the victim, Lucille Elliott, was traveling on an eastbound CTA train on the west…