People v. Goodum

Following a jury trial, defendant Donelmo Goodum was convicted of two counts of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 18—2), two counts of unlawful restraint (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 10—3(a)), and two counts of armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 33A—2) based on the underlying felony of unlawful restraint. The trial court vacated the unlawful restraint convictions and sentenced him to concurrent terms of seven years on the armed robbery convictions and seven years on the armed violence convictions.

On appeal, defendant contends that (1) he was not proved…