People v. Waters

Defendants, Albert Waters and Edward Stitt, were charged with armed robbery. CLS 1961, § 750.529 (Stat Ann 1969 Cum Supp § 28.797). They were jointly tried before a jury and found guilty. Motions for new trial were denied and defendants filed separate appeals to this Court, which were consolidated for argument. Defendants make 5 claims of reversible error, which we deal with consecutively below-.

Defendant Stitt alleges that it was error to allow the prosecution to call 4 policemen to testify repetitively as to the circumstances of the arrest of Stitt which came a number of days after the…