People v. Stokes

Following a jury trial, defendant Willie Stokes was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to be imprisoned for a minimum of four years and a maximum of four years and a day. In appealing that conviction, defendant urges several grounds for reversal, principal among which being that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt and that certain identification testimony was improperly admitted at trial. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

A motion to suppress identification of defendant gave rise to an evidentiary hearing prior to the trial and was denied. We shall consider the…