People v. Prophet

Defendant, convicted by a Detroit Recorder’s Court jury of armed robbery in violation of MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years imprisonment and appeals as of right.

One witness testified that on January 23, 1979, at approximately 8 p.m., while in a supermarket parking lot, defendant robbed her at gunpoint, stealing her jewelry, checkbook and various pieces of identification. The prosecution produced a second witness, under the similar acts statute, who testified that on February 17, 1979, while entering her automobile at a Detroit shopping center, defendant robbed her at…