People v. Britt

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found Loring Britt and Charles Capíes guilty of three counts of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, three counts of aggravated battery using a deadly weapon and three counts of aimed robbery. The trial court sentenced each defendant to three concurrent terms of not less than 7 nor more than 10 years on each of the three counts of armed robbery. The defendants assign several grounds for a new trial but do not question the sufficiency of the evidence.

On August 24, 1969, Ted Nicholas, the owner of the Rivers Edge…