Beecham v. Commonwealth

HOWERTON, Judge.

Beecham appeals from a conviction for armed robbery and an eighteen-year sentence imposed by the Jefferson Circuit Court. He argues that the eyewitness identification of him was not sufficiently reliable to justify its admission into evidence. The robbery occurred on March 25, 1973. In February 1978, the victim identified Beecham as one of the robbers from a police photograph.

There is always a possibility of mistaken identity, but Beecham was well represented, and after all the arguments were made to belittle the identification, the twelve jurors agreed that he was guilty.…