Williamson v. State

McCORMICK, Justice.

This is an appeal from denial of relief in a postconviction hearing. The sole issue is whether petitioner was deprived of due process of law in a pretrial identification by the victim of a robbery of which petitioner was later convicted. We affirm.

The record discloses Arthur Loftus went to the Trivera Tavern in Burlington shortly after 10:00 p. m. November 8, 1969. It was payday and he was looking for female companionship. He remained there about half an hour, drinking beer, watching the people and visiting with an acquaintance he met there named Jimmy Brown. He observed a…