Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 16, 1976No. 6 Div. 889PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. On the trial he was positively identified by the victim as one of two men who had held the victim up with a shotgun and robbed him as he was proceeding on foot from his work to his home in Tuscaloosa. Defendant did not take the stand, and no evidence was offered in his behalf.

Appellant urges that the trial court committed reversible error in overruling a motion of defendant to suppress any identification resulting from an improperly conducted lineup. One ground of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Pope v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
  5. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Bland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  2. Ware v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  3. Tate v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  4. Bridges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  5. Burlison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979

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