COFFEE v. STATE

No. 580S144.

426 N.E.2d 1318 (1981)

Charles R. COFFEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Leonard, Deputy Public Defender, Fort Wayne, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Kathleen G. Lucas, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of Rape. He was sentenced to thirty (30) years imprisonment.

Appellant claims the trial court erred in permitting evidence of out-of-court identification of appellant. He argues the one-to-one show-up occurring shortly after the rape resulted in a substantial likelihood of misidentification in violation of his due process rights guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Although appellant...

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