STATE v. VARNEDOE

No. 83-206.

443 So.2d 201 (1983)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eddie VARNEDOE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Paul Mendelson and Penny Brill, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robin H. Greene, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

The state appeals a trial court order suppressing out-of-court and in-court identifications of defendant Varnedoe. Finding error, we reverse.

Ronnie Young, the victim of an armed robbery, described his assailant to Police Officers Doan and Williams as a dark-skinned black male wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, 5'6" or 5'7" tall and weighing 130 to 140 pounds. Young particularly noted that his assailant had teeth like a "weasel." The officers...

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