Legal Opinion

Pierce v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 3, 1989No. A89A0249Published

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of armed robbery. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the jury’s guilty verdict.

1. Appellant enumerates as error the admission of evidence concerning his pre-trial identification. Appellant was apprehended within minutes after the armed robbery had been committed. He was then taken to the scene of the crime and identified in a one-man showup. “[U]nder the exigencies of the circumstances of this case, we do not find the showup [to be] unnecessarily suggestive. The showup was an on-the-scene…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Arnold v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Horton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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