Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/15/1995

Commonwealth v. Austin

Citations

421 Mass. 357
657 N.E.2d 458
1995 Mass. LEXIS 451

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“Determining whether a show-up is unnecessarily suggestive must include an inquiry into whether good reason existed for the use of the show-up” [emphasis added]
“The police could take into consideration that the percipient witnesses appeared unusually reliable and nonsuggestible [when deciding whether a showup was warranted]”
\The evidence pointing to the defendant was overwhelming and the officer's testimony was merely cumulative of other identification evidence properly admitted against the defendant\

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Judges: Connor, Greaney

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