People v. Slifer

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of armed robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary. He appeals from that conviction and that sentence on the sole ground that the evidence is not sufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The evidence must therefore be examined in the light of the frequently stated rule “. . . that the testimony of one witness alone, if it is positive and the witness credible, is sufficient to convict even though the testimony is contradicted by the accused. People v. Cox, 22 Ill2d 534; People v. Tunstall, 17 Ill2d 160; People v. Pride, 16 Ill2d 82.”…