People v. Johnson

Defendant was charged with armed violence and armed robbery. The State nol-prossed the armed violence charge. In a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of armed robbery. The sole contention he urges on appeal is that he was denied the right to trial by a fair and impartial jury because the trial court erroneously denied his challenges of two veniremen for cause.

We affirm.

The following pertinent testimony was adduced at trial. Complainant was approached by two men. One of them pointed a gun at complainant’s stomach, told him not to move, cocked the gun and told him to give the two all the…