People v. Burden

Leonard Gerou testified that on January 13, 1973 at about 10:15, he was confronted by a person he identified as the defendant who had his hand in his jacket and said: "Give me all your money or I will shoot you”. He said that the assailant then took $4 and Gerou’s car. Defendant was subsequently arrested and charged with armed robbery. MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797.

At trial, defendant called his sister and his mother as witnesses, both of whom stated that defendant was home all night on the date of the offense.

Defendant was convicted of unarmed robbery in a jury trial. We granted leave to consider…