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Watkins Vs. Sowders

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 13, 1981

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  1. United States Vs. Allison US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1875
  2. United States Vs. Broadhead US Supreme Court · Apr 30, 1888
  3. Jackson Vs. Denno US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1964
  4. United States Vs. Wade US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1967
  5. Manson Vs. Brathwaite US Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1977
  6. Stovall Vs. Denno US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1967
  7. U.S. 341 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Watkins v. Sowders
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  8. U.S. 341 (1980) Watkins v. Sowders
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  9. because it is likely to be unreliable and because of society's aversion to forced confessions, even if true, Jackson v. Denno
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  10. evidence was admissible. The Supreme Court of Kentucky rejected that argument. Relying on its decision in Ray v. Commonwealth
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  11. Watkins v. Commonwealth
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  12. evidence need not be held outside the presence of the jury. Turning to the evidence itself, the court cited Stovall v. Denno
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  13. Summitt v. Bordenkircher
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  14. Summitt v. Commonwealth
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  15. claim asserted by both petitioners throughout their state and federal court proceedings. Sub nom. Watkins v. Bordenkircher
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  16. and Summitt v. Bordenkircher
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  17. holding that a defendant has a right to the presence of his counsel at a post-indictment lineup, e.g., United States v. Wade
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  18. in the absence of a lineup, may be so defective as to deprive a defendant of due process of law, e.g., Stovall v. Denno
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  19. U. S. 293 . The petitioners then analogize their cases to Jackson v. Denno
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  20. discretion to decide whether a confession was or was not voluntary. The petitioners contend that Jackson v. Denno
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  21. required where the propriety of identification procedures has been questioned. Even if it be assumed that Jackson v. Denno
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  22. the petitioners' argument must fail, Page 449 U. S. 347 because Jackson v. Denno
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  23. Id. at 378 U. S. 385 , quoting Blackburn v. Alabama
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  24. instructions. It is the reliability of identification evidence that primarily determines its admissibility, Manson v. Brathwaite
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  25. Kirby v. Sturges
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  26. often be to assess the reliability of that evidence. Thus the Page 449 U. S. 348 Court's opinion in Manson v. Brathwaite
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  27. U.S. at 432 U. S. 114 , n. 14, quoting Clemons v. United
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  28. if not always effective, both active and extended. Nonetheless, the petitioners rely on a passage from United States v. Wade
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  29. Together with No. 79-5951, Summitt v. Souders
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  30. E.g., United States v. Mitchell
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  31. United States v. Cranson
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  32. Haskins v. United
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  33. United States v. Rancilio
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  34. Clemons v. United
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  35. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has left the matter to the discretion of the district courts. United States v. Smith
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  36. least two Federal Courts of Appeals have commended hearings outside the presence of the jury to state courts, Nassar v. Vinzant
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  37. Phipps v. Follette
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  38. outside the presence of a jury to decide the admissibility of identification evidence. United States ex rel. Fisher v. Driber
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  39. See Pinto v. Pierce
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  40. on which Jackson v. Denno
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  41. before us is inadequate to conclude that in each case the identification evidence was properly admitted, see Jackson v. Denno
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  42. at 378 U. S. 376 -377, I would remand these cases for further proceedings. At least since United States v. Wade
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  43. Id. at 228 (footnote omitted). Manson v. Brathwaite
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  44. The driving force behind United States v. Wade
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  45. U. S. 218 (1967), Gilbert v. California
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  46. by suggestive confrontation procedures and lacking adequate indicia of reliability, Page 449 U. S. 352 Manson v. Brathwaite
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  47. mandates that, when such evidence is inadmissible, the jury should know nothing about the evidence. See Manson v. Brathwaite
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  48. safeguard in Jackson v. Denno
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  49. U.S. at 432 U. S. 116 , quoting Simmons v. United
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  50. of a custodial confession determined, in the totality of the circumstances, to be involuntary, see United States v. Washington
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