Hayes v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Ronnie Hayes a/k/a Ronnie Haynes, appeals from convictions for aggravated robbery and theft of property. His appeal is premised on two grounds: the unreliability of a photo lineup at police headquarters which, he contends, tainted an in-court identification at trial, and the failure of the trial court to reduce the theft charge to a misdemeanor on the basis of the amount proven. We hold that neither point has merit, and we affirm.

On May 5,1991, a person later identified as Haynes entered a Pizza Inn in Little Rock and went to the back of the restaurant…