Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/9/1995

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Citations

420 Mass. 458
650 N.E.2d 1257
1995 Mass. LEXIS 275

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holding that the state’s due process requirements require per se exclusion of unnecessarily suggestive showups
noting that the flaw in the Federal test is that it analyzes “the probable accuracy of a challenged identification, instead of the necessity for its use”
noting that showup unnecessarily suggestive because of singling out of defendant from a group by police officers, among other factors
rejecting the Manson reliability test as an accurate interpretation of the state’s due process clause
rejecting “reliability” as a basis for rescuing an otherwise impermissibly suggestive photograph identification procedure
discussing Commonwealth v. Botelho, 369 Mass. 860, 343 N.E.2d 876 (1976)

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Judges: Greaney, Liacos, Nolan

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