The PEOPLE v. Hopkins

We have issued a writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County, entered after a bench trial, finding the defendant guilty of the crime of armed robbery and sentencing him to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 5 nor more than 12 years.

The defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Evelyn Ware testified that at about 8 :oo o’clock in the morning, in the lobby of her apartment building, she was accosted by a man with a knife. She struggled with him and was cut on the ear and on her hand. She…