People v. Smith

Armed robbery at McDonald’s.

Jury trial — guilty—nine years.

On appeal, we are faced with questions involving Miranda warnings, the prosecutor’s examination of two 'witnesses, and whether those witnesses were court’s or hostile.

In summa, we affirm.

Early in the morning on November 19, 1981, an armed robber took approximately $2,600 from the McDonald’s restaurant in Lincoln, Illinois. Terry Logan, Greg Williams, and Karen Vale, all of whom were McDonald’s employees, were eyewitnesses to the crime. The robber was masked and did not speak. None of the three were initially able to identify him.…