People v. Hicks

2015 IL App (1st) 120035

FOURTH DIVISION March 5, 2015 No. 1-12-0035 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 08 CR 12655 ) CARL HICKS, ) Honorable ) Thomas M. Davy, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE ELLIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. * Presiding Justice Fitzgerald Smith and Justice Cobbs concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Defendant Carl Hicks was charged with armed robbery for allegedly holding up a candy store. The State's witnesses testified that, during the…