People v. Washington

A Kane County jury found each of the defendants, Michael Washington and Robert Harris, guilty of one count of armed robbery (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2). The jury found both defendants not guilty on a second armed-robbery charge involving the same incident. The defendants appeal, arguing that the guilty verdicts are inconsistent with their acquittals and therefore cannot stand. We affirm.

Nick Garris, the owner and manager of Grove Liquors in Elgin, testified at the trial. Elgin police informed him on the morning of June 27, 1984, that they expected his store to be the target of…