People v. Brown

Defendant Ronald Brown, a/k/a Ronald Benson, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of armed robbery. The trial court directed a verdict of not guilty on one count of attempted murder. After a jury trial defendant was convicted of the remaining charges and sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal defendant presents the following issues for review: (1) whether the trial judge erred in refusing to suppress defendant’s post-arrest statement; (2) whether the trial court erred by admitting evidence of Ronald Brown’s FBI-assigned alias; and (3) whether defendant was…