Brown v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Theodore Brown was convicted of murder, sentenced to life imprisonment, and appeals.

Appellant contends that "the trial court erred in refusing to permit the investigating officer, W. L. Williams, from testifying as to the results of a line-up in which the defendant was in, wherein another person was identified as the gunman.”

The order of testimony in the trial of the case is important and was as follows: W. L. Williams, the officer who conducted the line-up, was called to the standby the state and asked a number of questions as to certain statements made by the appellant and…