BEECHAM v. COM.


594 S.W.2d 898 (1979)

Leslie BEECHAM, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied March 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Heft, Jr., Asst. Deputy Public Defender, Jefferson District Public Defender, Louisville, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Guy C. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, HOWERTON and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ.


HOWERTON, Judge.

Beecham appeals from a conviction for armed robbery and an eighteen-year sentence imposed by the Jefferson Circuit Court. He argues that the eyewitness identification of him was not sufficiently reliable to justify its admission into evidence. The robbery occurred on March 25, 1973. In February 1978, the victim identified Beecham as one of the robbers from a police photograph.

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