People v. Charles

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Stark County, defendant, Richard Charles, was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 nor more than 15 years in the Department of Corrections.

At about 8 or 8:30 p.m. on November 4,1974, Herbert Collister and his housekeeper Ida Bayer were confronted by two men at gunpoint in the garage behind the Collister house. After offering some resistance Collister was beaten and a wallet stolen from him which contained *1,924. Although the garage was illuminated only with a 50-watt light bulb, both Collister and Bayer…