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· 4/24/1950

E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois

Citations

  • 339 U.S. 941
  • 70 S. Ct. 791
  • 94 L. Ed. 1357
  • 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2074

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that defendants wishing to take advantage of its ruling must “move[ ] in a timely manner prior to trial for a lineup”
  • “Any witness, especially one who has watched trials on television, can determine which of the individuals in the courtroom is the defendant...”
  • first-time in-court identification was impermissibly suggestive where defendant was only African-American in court room, but although trial judge erred by rejecting defendant’s request for in-court lineup as inappropriate, error did not prejudice defendant

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