People v. Garrett

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Edward Garrett, was jointly indicted with his codefendants in a multicount indictment. Garrett’s trial was severed from the codefendants’. Following a jury trial, Garrett was convicted of one count of attempted murder, two counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated battery. The court declared a mistrial as to the attempted murder of V.S. and aggravated criminal sexual assault charge upon which the jury was unable to agree. He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 25 years for armed robbery, 20 years for…