Legal Opinion

Wynn v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 28, 1978No. 55513PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Judge.

Wynn appeals from his conviction, by a jury, of rape and armed robbery. Held:

1. Wynn argues that his victim’s identification of him was tainted and therefore inadmissible. We have examined both the individual photographs shown to the victim and the line-up photograph and conclude that *316neither procedure violated the "totality of the circumstances” test enunciated in Simmons v. United States, 390 U. S. 377 (88 SC 967, 19 LE2d 1247)(1967). See Heyward v. State, 236 Ga. 526 (224 SE2d 383). Wynn’s contentions concerning the sufficiency of identifying information are controlled…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Creamer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  4. Heyward v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  5. Strong v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Deering v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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