The PEOPLE v. Staples

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ADESKO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Roosevelt Staples, was charged with the crime of armed robbery. After a bench trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to serve from two to six years in the penitentiary. Defendant Staples appeals his conviction and presents the foUowing issues for our review: (1) Whether he was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) Whether defendant’s initial confrontation with the police constituted a valid “stop and frisk” or an invahd arrest remote in time and place from the crime; and (3) Whether the absence of counsel at…