HEYWARD v. STATE

30517.

236 Ga. 526 (1976)

224 S.E.2d 383

HEYWARD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald H. Cohen, for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., District Attorney, Joseph D. Newman, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HILL, Justice.

This is another lineup identification case. It rises like the mountain, because it is there.

Earl Heyward was tried by jury in November 1974 for the offense of armed robbery. He was convicted and the jury fixed his sentence at twenty years. He appeals.

The evidence introduced by the state showed that four female employees of a mortgage company were in the office on March 1, 1974, when two black men entered. The taller man held a pistol...

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