People v. Piscunere

The defendant was convicted by a jury of armed robbery. MCLA § 750.529 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28.797). He appeals to this court as a matter of right.

On August 28, 1967, between the hours of 1 and 2 p.m., a man entered the branch of the National Bank of Detroit in the city of Plymouth, approached one of the tellers, and handed her a note demanding money. The man raised a newspaper he had in one of his hands and exposed a gun. The teller handed the robber money which he stuffed into a paper bag; and, after he had left, she sounded the alarm.

In the course of the investigation of the robbery,…