Straughn v. State

The issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting appellant’s "mug shot” as substantive evidence of an extrajudicial photographic identification.

I

On August 23, 1981, Thomas Saunders, a special police officer with the Giant Food Corporation, was inspecting the rear of a Giant store when he noticed a broken window at the adjacent Market Tire Company store. He observed an automobile drive into the parking lot. The driver got out of the car and went into a phone booth. At this point, Saunders was able to see the man’s face from a distance of about three feet.…