People v. Davis

The defendant, Lawrence Davis, was convicted by a jury of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4) and armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 1 to 5 years for the aggravated battery and 7 to 15 years for the armed robbery.

The defendant raises four issues, two of them pertaining to identification testimony by the victim of the crimes: first, that it was error not to suppress this testimony because the pre-trial identification procedure was highly suggestive; second, that the identification was insufficient to…