Downes v. Williams

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• concluding that showup identifications are inadmissible in the absence of exigent circumstances
• declaring showups “permissible if exigent circumstances require immediate identification, or if the suspects are captured at or near the crime scene and can be viewed by the witness immediately” (citation omitted)

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