State v. Jones

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of first degree robbery (Count I) and also guilty of armed criminal action (Count II). The trial court sentenced defendant, a former felon, to consecutive terms of twenty and three years’ imprisonment.

On appeal defendant first seeks reversal on the ground of double jeopardy because the jury returned signed verdict forms finding him both guilty and innocent on each count. These verdicts were immediately corrected by the jury filing only the guilty verdicts. We deny this point. Alternatively, defendant seeks a new trial on the ground of a…