Legal Opinion

State v. Brackett

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided April 4, 1978No. 777SC881Published

1Opinion of the Court

WEBB, Judge.

Defendant’s first contention is that Judge Martin erred in finding that the in-court identification of defendant by Mrs. Grady E. Smith, the victim of the attempted armed robbery, was based solely on her observations of defendant on the day of the crime and was not tainted or influenced by a series of photographs shown to her by investigating officer, Deputy Tom Moore. This contention, by implication, also challenges the finding by Judge Martin that there was nothing in the earlier photographic showing “so impermissibly suggestive as to taint Mrs. Smith’s in-court identification.”…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  3. State v. TuggleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  4. State v. KnightSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  5. State v. LongSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977

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