Silverman v. State

Terry Crabtree, Judge.

Julius Silverman brings the present appeal, a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, from a Jefferson County Circuit Court jury trial convicting him of rape. For his points on appeal, Silverman presents two main arguments: first, appellant challenges the reliability of the State’s conclusions as drawn from the DNA results; and second, appellant challenges the method and timeliness of the eyewitness identification used by the State. Finding no merit in these contentions, we affirm the conviction of the trial court.

In October of 1995 the victim was employed as a…