Chamberlain v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

This appellant was convicted for the offense of robbery.

The defendant did not testify in the case. Over defendant’s objection, the state introduced in evidence a photograph of six men, one of whom was defendant, designated as the lineup viewed by the victim and her husband and from which they selected the defendant as the person who committed the crime. In the picture the defendant’s clothes are dirty and wrinkled. His wife testified he worked at tearing down houses or roofs.

During his closing argument to the jury the deputy district attorney remarked:

“I’d like for you…