State v. Leady

NORWIN D. HOUSER, Special Judge.

Joseph William Leady, convicted of first degree robbery and forcible rape of a 45-year-old woman, raises four points on appeal.

First, he asserts error in overruling objections and motions for mistrial on three occasions 1 when reference was made to the prosecuting witness viewing and identifying “police pictures” or “police photographs” of defendant, which were shown to her by Detective Bradbury. Appellant argues that the jury was thereby notified that defendant had a criminal record or had been arrested previously, and therefore identified him as a “police…