McLean v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pringle.

John C. McLean, the defendant, was charged with simple robbery and convicted by a jury. He alleges as error (1) the failure of the court to rule that the in-court identification of him by the victim of the robbery was tainted by an unduly suggestive photographic identification, and the court’s refusal to grant him a hearing outside the presence of the jury to determine whether his identification by two other witnesses was similarly tainted, (2) the refusal of the court to give a cautionary instruction on the general unreliability of eyewitness testimony, (3) the…