People v. Robinson

The defendants, John L. Robinson, Floyd Cummings, Thomas Lee Baggett, and Ernest Sawyer, were jointly indicted and tried before a jury for the offense of murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as to all four defendants, and each was sentenced to serve 50-75 years in the penitentiary.

On appeal, the defendants contend that the testimony of the State’s only occurrence witness was so unsatisfactory, implausible, and unbelievable that it was insufficient to prove them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Early in the morning of January 21, 1967, Officer Vincent Strangis of the Chicago Police…