People v. Brewer

A jury convicted the defendant, James W. Brewer, of three counts of armed violence, three counts of armed robbery, two counts of disarming a peace officer, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, one count of home invasion, and one count of attempted aggravated kidnapping. He was thereafter sentenced as an habitual criminal to life imprisonment. He appeals, and we affirm.

The record shows that the defendant, along with three other men, committed an armed robbery of a jewelry store in Davenport, Iowa, on October 19, 1989. The four men were from Indianapolis, and after the robbery, they headed back…