GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE v. WALDRON

No. 77-5553.

574 F.2d 283 (1978)

GOVERNMENT OF the CANAL ZONE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector Eduardo Brown W. (WALDRON), Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger I. Dallam, Gretna, La. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Frank J. Violanti, U. S. Atty., William H. Beatty, Asst. U. S. Atty., Balboa, Canal Zone, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COWEN, Senior Judge, GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

The district judge in a bench trial convicted defendant of robbery in violation of C.Z. Code tit. 6, § 2361. Defendant contends that the court erred in admitting the robbery victim's pretrial identification of defendant, because the police lineup from which the identification was made was impermissibly suggestive. Finding no error therein, we affirm.

On February 20, 1977, shortly after noon, Dagoberto Espinoza was walking on...

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