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ROYAL v. STATE OF MARYLAND

No. 75-1589.

529 F.2d 1280 (1976)

Doyle Delmar ROYAL, Appellant, v. STATE OF MARYLAND, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley H. Miller, Baltimore, Md. [Court-appointed counsel], for appellant.

Bernard A. Raum, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. (Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and Clarence W. Sharp, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Chief, Crim. Div., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and FIELD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Upon consideration of the briefs, the record and the argument in this case, we find no reversible error.

The lineup conducted by the police was impermissibly suggestive, but, in light of all the positive identification testimony and strong evidence of guilt, admission of the evidence concerning pre-trial identification was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

We are satisfied that the Court of Appeals of Maryland properly rejected the confrontation...

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