Echols v. State

CATES, Judge.

Rape: sentence, life imprisonment.

I

The complainant picked out a photograph (from others) which she told a detective portrayed a man who looked likelier ravisher. With this clue the detective-organized a lineup with the appellant as one of six black males.

The only discrepant circumstance was that appellant was the only man without shoes. However, there was testimony that at the first identification the complainant was seated at a point where she could not see appellant’s feet. When she rose and went forward for a more certain view, she testified that she paid no attention to his…