People v. Ivory

PRESIDING JUSTICE REINHARD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Bernard Ivory, was charged in the circuit court of Stephenson County with armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2(a)). Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 18 — 1(a)) and sentenced to a term of four years’ imprisonment. Defendant filed a post-trial motion contending only that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. The motion for a new trial was denied.

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