The People v. Hampton

Per Curiam :

Fred Hampton was found guilty of the crime of robbery by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two to five years. He brings this appeal attacking the sufficiency of the complaining witness’s identification; alleging numerous trial errors which he claims operated to deny him a fair trial; and complaining that his sentence was excessive.

The complaining witness, Nelson Suitt, was working for the Good Humor Ice Cream Co. as a driver-salesman. On July 10, 1968, his assigned route was the village of Maywood. At about 5 :oo P.M. on…