Hood v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Charlie Hood appeals his convictions of armed robbery and aggravated assault after being granted an out-of-time appeal in a state habeas corpus proceeding. The sole question is whether the pretrial show-up to the victim was suggestive so as to taint her in-court iden tification of Hood and thus render it inadmissible.

Betty New worked as the night-shift desk clerk at the John Mil-ledge Motel. One night shortly after midnight, a black male came into the motel office and asked if there were any vacancies. She said there were none until the following morning. Although the man left,…