People v. Flanery

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Sterling Flanery, was convicted of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2) and sentenced to a term of 12 years in prison. The defendant appeals. We affirm in part, vacate in part and remand.

At trial, Pamela Mason testified that on October 22, 1990, she was working at a Clark Gas Station in Streator, Illinois. At approximately 9:30 p.m. she noticed a man approaching the station with his T-shirt pulled-up over his nose and mouth. The man was wearing a dark jacket, blue jeans, dark tennis shoes and a blue and yellow hat. The hat had some…