State v. Ervin

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Kenneth William Ervin and Carl Archie Andrew jointly appeal from convictions : Ervin of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit robbery, and Andrew for being an accessory to that crime by harboring Ervin knowing that he had just committed a felony.1

Defendants contend that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdicts and that their convictions resulted from unfairness in the conduct of the trial because (a) the court improperly restricted their evidence concerning good character; (b) a line-up for identification was, conducted in a manner designed to…