The People v. Lacey

Defendant was tried by a court without a jury, was convicted of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 30 to 35 years. On this writ of error, he contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the court erred in admitting in evidence certified copies of prior convictions.

The evidence is undisputed that, shortly after midnight on the morning of August 13, 1959, the complaining witness was raped and robbed at the point of a gun by a man later identified by her as the defendant. Defendant’s principal contention is that the identification testimony is…