Bennett v. State

OPINION

We granted certiorari in this case to examine so much of the record as touches upon the petitioner’s complaint that the in-court identification made by the prosecutrix was tainted by suggestive practices of the Knoxville Police Department prior to a lineup identification.

The Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the action of the trial judge in holding that the identification was not so tainted.

I

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery and rape. While the record contains ample corroboration of the commission of these offenses, the identity of the defendant was essentially established by the…