People v. Larry Smith

Defendant Larry Joseph Smith was arrested and charged with the robbery of a Detroit area drug store which occurred in May of 1969. He was subsequently tried by a jury and on February 27, 1970, was convicted of robbery armed, a violation of MCLA §750.529 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp §28.797).

Testimony elicited during the trial disclosed that late in the afternoon of May 13, 1969, two men, one of whom was brandishing a gun, entered the Park way Drug Store at 22443 Plymouth Boad in Detroit and announced a holdup. After compelling a clerk to fill a paper bag with money, the men also directed the…