State v. Boyd

Herrmann, J.:

The defendant was indicted for robbery of Marion Wells. Upon trial by jury, a verdict of guilty was returned.

The State produced a police detective for the purpose of corroborating Wells’ identification of the defendant at the trial. The State’s attorney was seeking to show that Wells had identified the defendant as his assailant immediately after the alleged robbery. At this point in the trial, the following exchange took place:

“Q. Did Wells describe his assailant? A. He did.

“Q. Did he identify him in any other way? A. He did.

“Q. In what way did he identify him? A. I returned to…