People v. Simpson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Danny Simpson appeals from a conviction of armed robbery in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Champaign County. The robbery was accomplished in the Coin-o-Matic laundromat in Urbana, Illinois.

From the record it appears that two young black men robbed the laundromat and its occupants about 8:45 p.m. on December 28,1973. The two suspects, defendant Danny D. Simpson, and Kevin Brown, were later apprehended by the police. A witness for the State, 16-year-old Byron Adams, testified that Brown and Simpson appeared at his…