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Shorts v. StateShorts v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Feb 24, 1978
55197
Reporters:
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Before:
Webb
Webb, Judge.

Shorts appeals his conviction for robbery, charging that the verdict was ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍not supported by the evidence, and assigning error on the admission, over objection, of a photograph of him which he asserts was picked out ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍as the result of impermissibly suggestive procedures which tainted the subsequent in-court identification. We affirm.

1. The evidence was sufficient to show that the ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍photographic line-up was not impermissibly suggestive. Daniels v. State, 135 Ga. App. 549 (218 SE2d 274) (1975). Additionally, the trial court was warranted in accepting the ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍victim’s in-court identification as based upon his encounter with the accused rather than the photographic line-up. Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 (205 SE2d 282) (1974).

2. The ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍evidence amply supported the verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

Quillian, P. J., and McMurray, J., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Shorts v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: Feb 24, 1978
Citations: 145 Ga. App. 32; 243 S.E.2d 317; 1978 Ga. App. LEXIS 1850; 55197
Docket Number: 55197
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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