Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/18/1996

Commonwealth v. Abdul-Salaam

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678 A.2d 342
544 Pa. 514
1996 Pa. LEXIS 1276

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holding that, if a pre-trial identification is tainted, “the subsequent in-court identification will be admissible if there exists an independent basis for the identification”
holding that, if a pre-trial identification is tainted, “the subsequent in-court identification will be admissible if there exists an independent basis for the identification”
concluding that assertion an arrest warrant failed to set forth probable cause “was moot in light of the preliminary hearing in which [the magistrate judge] found that a prima facie case existed”
noting that Pennsylvania's pretrial process up through the preliminary arraignment addresses the constitutional requirements of Gerstein and County of Riverside
noting that Pennsylvania's pretrial process up through the preliminary arraignment addresses the constitutional requirements of Gerstein and County of Riverside
relying on Simmons to uphold the trial court’s denial of the appellant’s request for funding of an expert in the psychology of eyewitness identification

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Judges: Nix, C.J., and Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy and Castille

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