People v. Moore

Defendant appeals his conviction by a judge, sitting without a jury, of armed robbery 1 and of assault with intent to commit murder. 2

The defendant testified that the complaining witness, a neighborhood store owner, attempted to substitute inferior quality merchandise for merchandise which defendant had agreed to purchase, that there was a dispute which degenerated into a hot argument with the store owner provoking the defendant by using abusive language and then reaching for a knife, following which the defendant pulled a gun and shot the store owner in self-defense.

The store owner claimed…