People v. Farmer

This is a delayed appeal by leave granted from a nonjury conviction on a charge of armed robbery, MCLA § 750.529 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp §28.797).

Defendant was convicted of the armed robbery of a shoe store. The pertinent facts are as follows. A prosecution witness testified at trial that three men came into the shoe store where he was employed and that he fitted all three of them with shoes. While the witness was writing up the sale, one of the three subjects said, “This is a holdup”. Another one of the subjects had a gun. The witness also said that the subjects took his and the manager’s…