People v. Brown

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Walter Reed Brown, was convicted of armed robbery following a jury trial and sentenced to a term of 10 to 30 years’ imprisonment. He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence, that his in-court identification was the result of impermissibly suggestive pretrial procedures, and that numerous errors in ruling on evidence together with improper argument of the prosecutor combined to deny him a fair trial.

On the morning of July 22, 1977, an individual carrying a bowling…