Washington v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The appellant, Floyd Ray Washington, argues three reasons for reversing his convictions of aggravated robbery and theft: His arrest was without probable cause; his identification was the result of an impermissibly suggestive pretrial lineup; and, two of his three prior convictions were improperly admitted into evidence. Finding no merit to these arguments, we affirm the judgment.

Washington was charged with robbing the Holly Farms Fried Chicken store on Asher Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 3, 1979. A police detective, acting on a tip that Washington had…