Legal Opinion

McCraw v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 30, 1978No. CR77-192PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Lee McCraw was found guilty of kidnapping and rape and sentenced to prison by the Pulaski County Circuit Court. He appeals his conviction alleging two errors: an identification of McCraw by the victim from the photographs of four individuals was unnecessarily suggestive that McCraw was the assailant and, therefore, the victim’s in-court identification of McCraw should have been suppressed; also, McCraw argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

We find no error in the record and affirm the judgment.

The victim testified that about 5:30 P.M. on…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Beed v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  2. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  3. Fountain v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  4. Mayes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  5. Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981

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