People v. Perkins

Raymond Perkins was found guilty of theft in a bench trial and sentenced to 180 days in the House of Corrections. Perkins appeals contending that: (1) he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) it was reversible error for the arresting officer to testify to an out-of-court identification of the defendant where the complaining witness did not testify to that identification; and (3) his sentence was excessive and an abuse of the court’s discretion.

Clair Horwitz, a witness for the prosecution, testified that on March 7, 1975, at approximately 6 p.m. she was walking home when she…