State v. Carson

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge’s denial of his motion to suppress the prosecuting witness’s identification testimony and the court’s admission of evidence, over objection, concerning pretrial identification procedures.

Pursuant to defendant’s motion to suppress testimony of the prosecuting witness’s identification of defendant as her assailant, Judge Mills conducted a voir dire hearing in the jury’s absence.

On voir dire, Betty Elizabeth Piner testified that on 17 September 1975 at about 6:00 p.m., she was unlocking her automobile which was parked in Hanes Mall in…