People v. Patrick

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, John Lee Patrick, was found guilty of armed robbery and aggravated battery, and was sentenced to concurrent terms of two to five years and one to five years, respectively, in the penitentiary. The case is here upon direct appeal.

Mrs. Hattie Floyd testified that at approximately 9 P.M. on January 3, 1968, she was waiting for a bus on the corner of Roosevelt Road and Halsted Street in Chicago on her way home from work. A youth approached, stood looking at her for “about two minutes,” then struck her on the head with a gun…