Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:
Frank Williams was convicted of armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 18-2), and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. Williams appeals his conviction. For the reasons below, we reverse and remand.
On June 8, 1987, at approximately 5 a.m., the Hertz Rent-A-Car agency at O'Hare Airport was robbed. A man walked into Hertz and asked Hertz employee Paul Jackson for a job application. Jackson called...
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