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STATE v. GOVAN

No. 4211.

372 S.C. 552 (2007)

643 S.E.2d 92

The STATE, Respondent, v. Cornelius GOVAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed February 26, 2007.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

SHORT, J.:

Cornelius Govan appeals his armed robbery conviction. He argues the trial court erred in denying his motions to suppress both his show-up identification as unduly suggestive and unreliable and the resulting in-court identification as tainted by the prior suggestive show-up. We affirm.

FACTS

On December 29, 2004, the House of Tang Restaurant (Restaurant) was robbed at gunpoint. The owner of the Restaurant, Yin Lin, stated that a black guy...

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