People v. Wicks

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants were tried by a jury and convicted of robbery. Judgment was entered and defendants were sentenced for a term of not less than ten nor more than thirty years.

Defendants jointly raise three questions on appeal:(1) the court invaded the province of the jury by giving an instruction which amounted to directing the verdict;(2) the assigning judge improperly sat as a court of appeal to review and overrule an order of the trial judge severing the causes of the two defendants; and (3) the prosecutor’s argument was prejudicial…