Legal Opinion

Locke v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 25, 1999No. A99A0462PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, Chief Judge.

Saul Locke appeals from his convictions of burglary, robbery and criminal trespass. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

1. Locke contends the trial court erred in allowing testimony regarding the victim’s pre-trial identification because the circumstances in which the identification occurred were impermissibly suggestive. We disagree.

In determining the admissibility of an eyewitness identification, we consider the witness’ opportunity to view the suspect at the time of the offense, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Thomason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Hammock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. LeMay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Pickstock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lowe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  2. Hammill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  3. Taylor Whitfield Hammill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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