Legal Opinion

State v. Royal

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided July 15, 1980No. 115PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*521BRITT, Justice.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to suppress the photographic identification of him by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Smith on the ground that the procedure was unduly suggestive. This contention is without merit.

Four or five days after the incident at the Smith home, Officer J. S. Flowers, a Special Investigator with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, went to the Smith’s place of business in Mount Olive. While there he produced five photographs, each one of which portrayed black men in casual dress and settings. Officer Flowers asked Mr. Smith if he could…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  3. State v. StepneySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  4. State v. McQueenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
  5. State v. GreeneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. YoungSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  2. State v. DanielsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  3. State v. ShaneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  4. State v. StromanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1984
  5. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983

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