People v. Ellis

After a jury trial the defendant was found guilty of armed robbery and sentenced by the Circuit Court of Rock Island County to a term of not less than 4 nor more than 5 years. He appeals contending (1) that the identification procedures denied him a fair trial and (2) that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

On February 3, 1973, at about 7 A.M., Randy Camithan, a 17-year-old high-school senior, who was working alone as an attendant on the 12-midnight-untiI-8-in-the-moming shift at the Clark gasoline service station located on 7th Avenue between 26th and 27th…