Legal Opinion

Fields v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 15, 1986No. 72232PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Banke, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals his convictions of rape and burglary. Held:

1. The defendant’s initial enumeration of error is directed to the admission of certain photographic identification evidence, as well as the victim’s in-court identification testimony, on the ground that the photographic identification procedure was impermissibly suggestive.

Although the defendant argues that his driver’s license was shown to the victim prior to her identification of him from the photograph lineup, the officer who set up the display denied this, and the victim testified that she had no…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  3. Woods v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pack v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  2. Dawsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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