Thomas v. State

This Court granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals was correct in holding that it was error to allow a police officer to testify as a prosecution witness in the State's case in chief that the victim identified the defendant in a lineup.

The facts are set out in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 461 So.2d 15, (Ala.Crim.App. 1984).

We agree with the Court of Criminal Appeals on its recognition of the general rule, as found in Aaron v. State,273 Ala. 337, 345, 139 So.2d 309, 316 (1961):

"The general rule is that evidence by a third party of an extrajudicial…