People v. Thomas

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court as modified upon denial of petition for rehearing:

Vincent Lamar Thomas appeals from a conviction of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Kankakee County following a jury trial. Defendant was indicted for burglary and five counts of armed robbery, as a result of an incident in which two men robbed the occupants in the home of Allen Brannock in Kankakee. The trial court withdrew the burglary charge from the jury during its deliberations, and the jury thereafter returned with guilty verdicts on all five counts of armed robbery.…