People v. Robinson

Defendant, Ernest Robinson, was charged with two counts of armed robbery. A jury found him guilty of those crimes and the court sentenced him to three to nine years. On appeal defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress the identification testimony of two eyewitnesses, and that the court erred in denying his motion to suppress certain evidence seized in a search incident to his arrest.

On June 11, 1971, a wholesale grocer outlet in Chicago was robbed by several armed men. On June 25, 1971, another of the same company’s outlets was robbed by armed…