Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 21, 1978No. KK-476PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

Johnson appeals a summary denial of his motion to vacate judgment and sentence. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850. He alleges that his Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights were violated since the state failed to conduct a pre-trial lineup. He also claims that the state used unnecessarily suggestive procedures by using a second photographic display for an in-court identification. Both grounds for relief should have been raised'when Johnson directly appealed his conviction. Therefore, he is precluded from raising them now. Von Eberstein v. State, 270 So.2d 444 (Fla. 1st D.C.A. 1972). Matters known at the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. MateraSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  2. Von Eberstein v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Battle v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  2. Walcott v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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