People v. Bracey

After a bench trial, defendant was convicted on two counts of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797. Sentenced to one to five years imprisonment, defendant appeals by right.

Shortly before midnight on July 18, 1980, two women were accosted on the street by the defendant and another young man. The men were riding a gray or beige bicycle; the defendant sat on the seat, the other rode on the handlebars carrying what appeared to be a sawed-off shotgun. After robbing the women, the men ordered their victims to walk away and fled.

The women later saw their assailants on the street and called the…