People v. Melvin Jackson

Defendant was convicted by a jury of armed robbery, MCLA § 750.529 (Stat Ann 1969 Cum Supp § 28.797). He contends on appeal that the prosecution’s failure to produce at trial an indorsed res gestae witness constituted reversible error, and also, that there was insufficient evidence to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The wife of the complaining witness, who was also robbed, did not testify at the trial. The complainant positively identified defendant as the perpetrator of the robbery, but before trial his wife had been unable to make a positive identification. The trial had been…