Peoples v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Robbery. Sentence: ten years imprisonment.

Bertha Stephens, the state’s first witness, testified that she was an employee of Boylston Food Market in Montgomery on the night of the robbery, December 3, 1974. At around 6:45 p. m., near closing time, she noticed a man, later identified as Lynn Williams, standing in the dairy section watching the employees of the market. She reported his suspicious conduct to the manager. Upon the manager inquiring if he could be of assistance, Williams left the store without making a purchase.

As Bertha Stephens left work around 7:00 p. m., she…