People v. Cavin

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Dwight Cavin (hereinafter defendant) was indicted with four codefendants, Bradley Greene, Jerome Amos, William Redwine and Bruce Sharp, for the crimes of murder, armed robbery and unlawful use of a weapon. Sharp entered a plea of guilty. Amos, Greene and Redwine were tried by the court without a jury, which trial resulted in an acquittal of Amos and the conviction of the latter two, At a subsequent bench trial the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to a prison term of 25 to 50 years.

Defendant now appeals from that…