People v. Hammond

Defendant was found guilty of armed robbery by a jury and the Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.

Defendant raises three questions on appeal, one asserting unfair identification procedures and the other two claiming prosecutorial misconduct depriving defendant of a fair trial.

Because we are persuaded that the prosecutor did employ tactics which we have repeatedly held to be unfair, we reverse the conviction and order a new trial.

On December 19, 1972, an armed robber held up a party store in Dearborn Heights. The cashier *630reported the robbery to the police and an hour after the holdup was…