People v. Akins

On August 9, 1966, defendant was convicted of the crime of armed robbery after a bench trial and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. On appeal he contends that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt and that he was deprived of a fair trial by the incompetence of his counsel.*

The complaining witness, Walter Munson, testified that at four o’clock on the morning of May 21, 1966, he was sitting in his blue 1959 Cadillac at 6050 South Eberhart, that defendant approached him holding his stomach and requested that he be driven to a…