Case Name: PEOPLE v. HUGHES
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1970-08-28
Citations: 26 Mich. App. 355
Docket Number: Docket No. 8,111
Parties: PEOPLE v. HUGHES
Judges: Before: V. J. Brennan, P. J., and J. H. Gillis and O’Hara, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 26
Pages: 355–356

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. HUGHES
Witnesses — Identification—Credibility.
A witness’s identification of a defendant raises an issue of credibility.
Reference for Points in Headnote
2: Am Jur 2d, Evidence §§ 371-373.
Appeal from Wayne, Richard M. Maher, J.
Submitted Division 1 July 7, 1970, at Detroit.
(Docket No. 8,111.)
Decided August 28, 1970.
Melvin Hughes was convicted of armed robbery. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cabalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Patricia J. Per-nick, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
John R. Carlin, Jr., for defendant on appeal.
Before: V. J. Brennan, P. J., and J. H. Gillis and O’Hara, JJ.
Former Supreme Court Justice, sitting on tbe Court of Appeals by assignment pursuant to Const 1963, art 6, § 23 as amended in 1968.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant appeals as of right from a jury conviction of armed robbery contrary to MCLA § 750.529 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28-.797). He contends that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of robbery unarmed and by failing to charge with respect to the credibility of complainant's identification of him. Defendant also contends that the evidence was not sufficient to convict beyond a reasonable doubt.
The people have filed a motion to affirm. GCR, 1963, 817.5(3).
An instruction on the lesser included offense was not required because there was no evidence to support a conviction of robbery unarmed. See People v. Martin #1 (1970), 21 Mich App 207, and cases cited there. A witness's identification of a defendant raises an issue of credibility. People v. Myers (1969), 16 Mich App 618; People v. Caldwell (1969), 20 Mich App 224. The trial court adequately instructed the jury on that issue. Finally, the transcript shows sufficient evidence to convict beyond a reasonable doubt.
It is manifest that the questions sought to be reviewed and on which the decision of the cause depends are so unsubstantial as to need no argument or formal submission. Motion to affirm is granted.