People v. Finnister

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of armed robbery 1 and was sentenced to serve 15 to 25 years in prison.

The complainant, Morris Boyd, testified that on the Sunday of April 27, 1967, at approximately 8:15 a.m., he was about to enter his apartment building in Detroit when the defendant and another man robbed him of $30 at gunpoint. Mr. Boyd made a formal complaint to the police, giving them a description of the robbers. Thereafter, Mr. Boyd chanced to observe the defendant on the street on three occasions, but it was not until the third occasion that the police were able to respond to his…