People v. Morson

Defendant Latasha Morson waited in a car while her friend, Iesha Northington, robbed Deborah Sevakis of her purse at gunpoint, using a gun obtained from defendant. As Northington fled the scene, she shot James Bish, who tried to stop her and recover Sevakis’s purse. Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of armed robbery,1 conspiracy to commit armed robbery,2 and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.3 She was sentenced to concurrent terms of eight to thirty years for the armed robbery and conspiracy convictions,4 to be served consecutively to the…