Opinion

Godwin v. State

  • 625 P.2d 1262
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Mar 12, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Bussey
On the bench
Cornish, Brett, Bussey
Cited by
16 cases
Authority
More cited than 5.2%

holding that the witness must be the one to testify about an extrajudicial identification, not a police officer or other third party

How later courts described this case

  • holding that the witness must be the one to testify about an extrajudicial identification, not a police officer or other third party

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

BUSSEY, Judge,

specially concurring:

I concur for the reason that the evidence of the appellant’s guilt was overwhelming, and any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt under Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18 , 17 L.Ed.2d 705 , 87 S.Ct. 824 (1967).

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