People v. Wyatt

Defendant, William Wyatt, was charged with robbery and armed robbery and after a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County was found guilty of aimed robbery. He was sentenced to a term of not less than 4 years and not more than 12 years in the penitentiary. Defendant appeals from this conviction and sentence.

On June 19, 1972, complainant Rudolph Burnett, a taxicab driver in the city of Peoria, was robbed at gunpoint at about 4 A.M. Mr. Burnett testified that on June 19, 1972, at about 4 A.M., he received a call to pick up a fare at a Peoria hotel. He stated that when he arrived he saw…