As Jones approached his car to talk to Green, Robinson again stepped out the car and, holding the shotgun, chased Jones away. Jones eventually flagged down a police officer and reported the incident. Robinson was apprehended a few days later, when Jones saw him in the car again and summoned police. Robinson was charged with one count of aggravated robbery. When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged in a criminal case, our standard of review requires us to determine whether, after review of all of the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, we are convinced a rational factfinder could have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Aggravated robbery is a robbery . . .
Robbery is the taking of property from the person or presence of another by force or by threat of bodily harm to any person. The elements instruction in this case was apparently modeled on the language of the information. We do not agree. The rule of strict construction means ordinary words are to be given ordinary meanings. A statute should not be read to add that which is not readily found therein or be read to take out what, as a matter of ordinary English language, is in it.