People v. Lowe

The defendant, Lex Robert Lowe, was indicted for robbery, tried before a jury which found him guilty, and was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary of not less than three nor more than seven years.

The complaining witness, Helen Pryor, testified that on December 31, 1964, between 9:00 and 9:15 a. m., she was robbed of $7 by a male Negro youth. She stated that as she was descending the stairs leading to the ground level within the apartment building in which she lived, Lowe was coming up the stairs; that as they passed he grabbed her from behind, put his hand over her mouth, placed an object…