PEOPLE v. YARBROUGH

No. 48631.

67 Ill.2d 222 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 666

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RICHARD YARBROUGH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, and Robert L. Craig, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Rosborough, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County found the defendant, Richard Yarbrough, guilty of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 18-2), and he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 4 nor more than 12 years. The appellate court reversed (38 Ill.App.3d 396), and we granted...

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