The PEOPLE v. Catlett

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendants, Herbert Catlett, Albert Paden and Leroy Macklin, were convicted of the crime of armed robbery. Each defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary: — Catlett for a term of not less than three nor more than seven years; Paden for not less than two nor more than six years; and Macklin for not less than three nor more than nine years. Each defendant contends that his constitutional rights were violated in that the in-court identifications were rendered inadmissible by police arranged, unduly suggestive, pretrial confrontations, and…