Legal Opinion

State v. Morris

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 13, 1971No. 10PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant’s first assignment of error is based on the contention that his in-court identification by the witness Rohrer was tainted by a pretrial photographic identification. He argues that the findings and conclusions of the trial judge to the contrary are erroneous and that his motion to suppress the in-court identification should have been allowed.

In Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 19 L. Ed. 2d 1247, 88 S.Ct. 967 (1968), identification by photograph was expressly approved and the Court held that “each case must be considered on its own facts, and that convictions…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. State v. GraySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
  3. State v. McWilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  4. State v. AccorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  5. State v. HarrisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. State v. CovingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  2. State v. HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  3. State v. JarretteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  4. State v. StepneySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  5. State v. TuggleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974

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