State v. Clanton

STATON, Judge.

Norman Clanton, Jr. filed a petition for post-conviction relief. The trial court granted the petition and ordered a new trial. The State appeals.1 The sole issue on appeal is whether a new trial is warranted by the admission of testimony that the victim identified Clanton prior to trial from photographs at the police station.

Reversed and remanded to the trial court with instructions to reinstate the original judgment and sentence.

Clanton was convicted of robbery and sentenced on May 17, 1977 to a term of ten to twenty-five years. The judgment was affirmed by this Court on…