People v. Benton

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

Defendant, Michael Bruce Benton, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of three counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated criminal extortion, one count of misdemeanor theft, and of being a habitual criminal. He received concurrent life sentences on each of the three aggravated robbery convictions and on the conviction for aggravated criminal extortion. We affirm the judgment except in one respect.

All of defendant’s convictions arose out of the same criminal episode at a fast food outlet. According to the evidence at…