Riley v. State

OPINION

This appeal from a jury conviction of the crime of Grand Larceny, seeks review of the trial court’s determination that appellant’s courtroom identification by an eye witness to the crime was not tainted by an earlier confrontation or police lineup. We affirm the ruling and the conviction.

On October 29, 1968, Louis Oloff, desk clerk at the Four Queens Hotel in Las Vegas, saw a man removing money from a cash drawer at the front desk of the hotel. At that time Oloff was 12-15 feet away from the thief who was in a brightly lit area. The thief was in view for about seven seconds or less…