Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 15, 1998No. A98A0499, A98A0500PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Chief Judge.
John Walter Collins and Anthony Shields Stevens appeal from the judgments entered on their convictions of armed robbery after a joint jury trial. The appeals are considered together.
1. Both defendants, in their second enumerations, contend the trial court erred in allowing in-court identifications of them by the robbery victims. They claim these identifications were tainted by an impermissibly suggestive showup.
“ ‘There is no per se exclusionary rule applied to pre-indictment confrontations. Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 (205 SE2d 282) (1974). Pre-indictment…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Yancey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Phagan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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3Cited by3 opinions
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