Holmes v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of armed robbery and escape from custody. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred (1) by denying his motion in limine to suppress identification testimony, thereby denying him his right to due process of law; (2) by limiting redirect examination of appellant; and (3) by failing to charge, upon written request, on the lesser offense of theft by taking.

Somewhere around 3:00 a.m., June 15, 1981 Lonnie Freeman, a taxicab driver, stopped at a service station to discharge appellant, a passenger. Appellant placed a gun at Freeman’s head and took all of…