People v. Bracy

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial before a jury, defendant was found guilty of three counts of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2) and sentenced to serve concurrent terms of 12 to 36 years on each count. Defendant appealed directly to the Supreme Court which ordered the case transferred to this court.

On appeal defendant raises five issues: (1) his motion to suppress identification testimony and his motion for a mistrial were improperly denied, (2) misrepresentations by the prosecution prevented the court from examining the…