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Lyons v. State

Citations

  • 277 S.E.2d 244
  • 247 Ga. 465
  • 1981 Ga. LEXIS 752

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  • the Supreme Court rejected the defendant’s attempt to invoke the protections of the Fourteenth Amendment where the confrontation procedure was initiated by the witnesses instead of the police
  • “The due process protection of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the citizens against state action rather than against citizen action. In order for the Fourteenth Amendment to come into play in an identification procedure, state action must be involved.”

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Judges: Clarke

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