The PEOPLE v. Davis

Following a trial before a jury in the circuit court of Cook County the defendant was found guilty of armed robbery and was sentenced to a term of 5 to 15 years. Appealing from the judgment of conviction the defendant urges three grounds for reversal: (1) the admission into evidence of identification testimony alleged to have been tainted by a pretrial identification confrontation conducted in violation of the defendant’s right to counsel under the sixth amendment; (2) the court’s refusal to grant the defendant a continuance unless the continuance would be on the defendant’s motion, when the…