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Manson Vs. Brathwaite

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 16, 1977

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  1. Foster Vs. California US Supreme Court · Apr 01, 1969
  2. RochIn Vs. California US Supreme Court · Jan 02, 1952
  3. Kirby Vs. Illinois US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1972
  4. Oregon Vs. Mathiason US Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1977
  5. Stovall Vs. Denno US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1967
  6. Neil Vs. Biggers US Supreme Court · Dec 06, 1972
  7. United States Vs. Wade US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1967
  8. United States Vs. Janis US Supreme Court · Jul 06, 1976
  9. U.S. 98 (1977) U.S. Supreme Court Manson v. Brathwaite
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  10. U.S. 98 (1977) Manson v. Brathwaite
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  11. determining the admissibility of identification testimony for confrontations occurring both prior to and after Stovall v. Denno
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  12. to be weighed against the corrupting effect of the suggestive procedure in assessing reliability are set out in Neil v. Biggers
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  13. Simmons v. United
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  14. evidence obtained by a police procedure that was both suggestive and unnecessary. This Court's decisions in Stovall v. Denno
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  15. U. S. 293 (1967), and Neil v. Biggers
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  16. U. S. 103 more than nine years. His conviction was affirmed per curiam by the Supreme Court of Connecticut. State v. Brathwaite
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  17. court's view, the evidence was unreliable in any event. We granted certiorari. 425 U.S. 957 (1976). II Stovall v. Denno
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  18. U.S. at 388 U. S. 302 . Page 432 U. S. 105 Neil v. Biers
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  19. protection against the admission of evidence derived from suggestive identification procedures, namely, Simmons v. United
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  20. and Coleman v. Alabama
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  21. F.2d at 371. See Smith v. Coiner
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  22. F.2d 877, 882 (CA4), cert. denied sub nom. Wallace v. Smith
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  23. excludes relevant evidence from consideration and evaluation by the trier of fact. See United States ex rel. Kirby v. Sturges
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  24. Stanley v. Cox
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  25. F.2d 48 Page 432 U. S. 111 (CA4 1973), cert. denied sub nom. Stanley v. Slayton
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  26. are, of course, several interests to be considered and taken into account. The driving force behind United States v. Wade
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  27. U. S. 218 (1967), Gilbert v. California
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  28. been viewed recently by this Court with unlimited enthusiasm. See, for example, the several opinions in Brewer v. Williams
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  29. U. S. 387 (1977). See also United States v. Janis
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  30. after all, is that of fairness as required by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See United States v. Lovasco
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  31. Although identifications arising from single-photograph displays may be viewed in general with suspicion, see Simmons v. United
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  32. The Fourth Circuit's then very recent decision in Smith v. Coiner
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  33. evidence deriving from a constitutional violation do not bear on the instant problem. See United States ex rel. Kirby v. Sturges
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  34. Clemons v. United
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  35. Court's opinion, I would emphasize two points. First, as I indicated in my opinion in United States ex rel. Kirby v. Sturges
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  36. be considered to support the admissibility of eyewitness testimony when applying the criteria identified in Neil v. Biggers
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  37. the Court dismantle the protections against mistaken eyewitness testimony erected a decade ago in United States v. Wade
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  38. and Stovall v. Denno
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  39. resulting from the admission of mistaken eyewitness identification evidence at criminal trials. United States v. Wade
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  40. Ibid. The Court did so in Wade and Gilbert v. California
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  41. is the fundamental fact of Judicial experience ignored by the Court today. Stovall v. Denno
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  42. forbids a lineup that is unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification. Stovall v. Denno
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  43. of due process protections against mistaken identification evidence, begun in Stovall, was continued in Simmons v. United
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  44. This distinction between Stovall and Simmons was preserved in two succeeding cases. Foster v. California
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  45. Id. at 443 (emphasis added). In contrast, in Coleman v. Alabama
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  46. The Court inexplicably seemed to erase the distinction between Stovall and Simmons situations in Neil v. Biggers
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  47. he primary evil to be avoided is 'a very substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification.' Simmons v. United
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  48. could be accomplished, however, only by ignoring the fact that Stovall, fortified only months earlier by Kirby v. Illinois
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  49. a grave threat to society at large in a more direct way than most governmental disobedience of the law, see Olmstead v. United
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  50. whether an error of constitutional magnitude was nevertheless harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. See Chapman v. California
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