People v. Nichols

In a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of robbery and received a sentence of two to six years. On appeal, he contends that a difference between his actual height and that initially given of the offender by the complaining witness creates a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. The facts are essentially as follows:

On August 1, 1973, at about 6:30 p.m., the complainant, Riley Tindle, was on a CTA “L” platform awaiting a northbound “L” train. He had been sitting on a bench about six feet from the stairway for about five minutes when a man came on the platform and sat beside him. Tindle…