People v. Anton

Following a bench trial, defendant Stanley Anton was convicted of armed robbery, unlawful restraint and armed violence. The trial court “merged” the unlawful restraint and armed violence convictions into the armed robbery conviction and sentenced defendant to a term of 6 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals.

On September 28, 1979, Constance Steinhauer was working at Richards Cleaners in Chicago. At about 6:15 p.m., a man, later identified as defendant, entered the store through the front door and asked for his cleaning. He did not have a ticket for the cleaning…