The People v. Elmore

A jury in the circuit court of Montgomery County found the defendant, Oakley J. Elmore, guilty of robbery and armed robbery, and he was sentenced to a term of not less than fifteen nor more than thirty years in the penitentiary. He did not request the appointment of counsel, and he prosecutes pro se this writ of error to review his conviction.

On the evening of October 14, 1954, as Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Viviano returned to their home in Litchfield, they saw a “gray-bluish or greenish” Dodge automobile parked in their driveway. Two armed and masked men ordered them to enter their home, where…