People v. Smith

Defendant was convicted by a Muskegon County Circuit Court jury of armed robbery, MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797. He was subsequently sentenced to a term of 5 to 20 years and now appeals of right.

The important facts concerning the robbery are not in dispute. In brief, defendant allegedly entered a Muskegon grocery store at approximately 11 p.m. on July 30, 1972. According to the com plainant-store-owner George Druckenmiller, defendant, wielding a pistol, confronted him at the back of the store and demanded the money in the cash register. Mr. Druckenmiller attempted to get a shotgun from a bathroom…