People v. Norfleet

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, along with a co-defendant, Joseph Blakely, was found guilty by a jury for the crime of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2) and sentenced by the court to a term of eight to 12 years, the sentence to run consecutively to an earlier five to ten year sentence for a robbery that occurred that same evening. Blakely’s conviction was affirmed by this court in People v. Blakely, 7 Ill.App.3d 1012, 289 N.E.2d 269.

On appeal the defendant contends: (1) that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable…