Thomas v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

George Joseph Thomas was indicted and convicted for receiving stolen property in the second degree. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to fifteen years’ imprisonment. The only issue on appeal concerns the propriety of allowing a police officer to testify over objection that Eddie Watson identified Thomas in a police lineup.

Eddie Watson worked at Max’s Pawn Shop in Montgomery. On January 4, 1983, three individuals pawned two stolen television sets. Watson identified “someone” in a police lineup as being one of those three people. At trial, Watson did not make an…