Gibson v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Defendant Deandre Gibson was convicted of malice murder and armed robbery in connection with the death of Jesse Parker. He appeals, asserting, inter alia, that the identification testimony of a key witness should have been suppressed because the witness was shown only one photograph of defendant. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewing the evidence in a light favorable to the verdict, as we are bound to do, we find the following: The victim, Jesse Parker, and Donna Hogue were sitting on the steps of a house drinking beer when defendant walked up, asked Hogue “what’s up,” and…