McKinnis v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for robbery. Sentence was life imprisonment.

I

Initially, the defendant alleges that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress the victim's in-court identification of the defendant. A review of the totality of the circumstances shows the pretrial identification to have been reliable and not in violation of Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188, 93 S.Ct. 375,34 L.Ed.2d 401 (1972).

At approximately 7:45 on the morning of June 9, 1979, Ms. Linda Diane Gossett drove her automobile into the parking lot of the Mobile Check Exchange. She observed the defendant…