People v. Hatcher
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Karns
Defendant Willie Hatcher appeals from his conviction of armed robbery after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County. He contends that pretrial identification procedures were so unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to mistaken identification as to deny him due process of law; that the trial court erred in allowing the admission of evidence of an offense other than the one for which he was being tried; and that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
About 11:30 p.m. on June 8,1974, the A & S Barbeque Stand in East St. Louis was held up by two men armed with…
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