Legal Opinion

State v. McKeithan

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 15, 1977No. 49PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

239 S.E.2d 254 (1977)

293 N.C. 772

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Brownie Lee McKEITHAN.

No. 49.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 15, 1977.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Thomas B. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Jerry B. Clayton, Robert W. Myrick, Kenneth B. Oettinger, Durham, for defendant appellant.

HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant contends his in-court identification by the witness Lawrence Rogers was based on unnecessarily suggestive pretrial identification procedures which violated due process. He therefore argues that the identification testimony of this witness was erroneously…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. State v. GraySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
  4. State v. HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  5. State v. TuggleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. LarrimoreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1995
  2. State v. CorbettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  3. State v. FranksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  4. State v. CozartCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1998
  5. State v. PerkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997

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