Supreme Court of Colorado· 3/18/2002

Bernal v. People

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44 P.3d 184
2002 WL 408642

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holding that an out-of-court identification is admissible if “the totality of the circumstances does not indicate a very substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification”
remanding to determine reliability when there was a six-week gap between the robbery and the photo array
reviewing whether a pretrial identification procedure violated the defendant’s right to due process by creating a very substantial likelihood of misidentification
manner of presentation is one of the factors we consider when evaluating whether a pretrial photo identification procedure was impermissibly suggestive
“It is important to note that these two steps must be completed separately; it is only necessary to reach the second step if the court first determines that the [procedure] was impermissibly suggestive.”

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Judges: Martinez, Coats, Kourlis, Rice

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