ECHOLS v. STATE

6 Div. 166.

249 So.2d 639 (1971)

Bennett Lee ECHOLS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin C. Betts, Birmingham, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


CATES, Judge.

Rape: sentence, life imprisonment.

I

The complainant picked out a photograph (from others) which she told a detective portrayed a man who looked like her ravisher. With this clue the detective organized a lineup with the appellant as one of six black males.

The only discrepant circumstance was that appellant was the only man without shoes. However, there was testimony that at the first identification the complainant was seated...

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