Case Name: RANGER v. THE STATE (two cases)
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1979-01-09
Citations: 148 Ga. App. 659
Docket Number: 57017, 57018
Parties: RANGER v. THE STATE (two cases).
Judges: Webb and Banke, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 148
Pages: 659–659

Head Matter:
57017, 57018.
RANGER v. THE STATE (two cases).
Argued January 3, 1979
Decided January 9, 1979.
Stephen M. Friedberg, for appellant (Case No. 57017).
Tony B. Ranger, pro se.
Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Victor Alexander, Jr., J. Wallace Speed, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

Opinion:
Bell, Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction of armed robbery. Held:
1. Soon after the incident in question and prior to trial, the victim was shown six photographs from which he chose that of defendant. Defendant challenges this identification procedure in that defendant's photograph was the only one with writing on the back. The victim and the attendant officers testifed that the victim did not hold the pictures up to a light, that he never turned the photographs on their backs, and that the victim was unaware of any writing on the back. Therefore, the court correctly concluded that the photographic display was not impermissibly suggestive as a matter of law. Payne v. State, 233 Ga. 294 (210 SE2d 775).
2. The evidence authorized the conviction.
Judgment affirmed.
Webb and Banke, JJ., concur.