People v. Steptoe

Ronald Steptoe was found guilty by the court of attempted robbery and was given a prison term of one to two years. He contends that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that trial errors contributed to his conviction.

Late in the afternoon on March 24, 1972, Steptoe, his co-indictee Clarence Lymore, and another man who was never apprehended, entered the Kenwood Currency Exchange in Chicago. The third man waited at the door while Steptoe and Lymore walked into the exchange. Delores Morris, one of the cashiers on duty, testified that Steptoe, whom she had seen many times…