UNITED STATES v. SKEENS

No. 72-1582.

494 F.2d 1050 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America v. James T. SKEENS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1974.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy Sellers, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.

Lee Cross, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Charles R. Work, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Roger M. Adelman, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and WILKEY, Circuit Judge.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant in this case was tried and convicted of robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon. He alleges five distinct grounds for reversal on appeal. We find that they are all without merit and that the convictions should be upheld.

1. The validity of the identification.

Appellant alleges that he was deprived of due process of law because the identification procedures used were unduly suggestive. The complaining witness...

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