Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
A grand jury indicted defendant, Jerry W. Lovings, for armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-2(a) (West 1994)). Following a two-day bench trial in which defendant appeared pro se with an assistant public defender acting as standby counsel, the trial court found defendant not guilty of armed robbery but guilty of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 1994)). The trial court sentenced defendant to 12 years' imprisonment....
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