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· 2/19/1982

People v. Lippert

Citations

  • 432 N.E.2d 605
  • 89 Ill. 2d 171
  • 59 Ill. Dec. 819
  • 1982 Ill. LEXIS 225

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • instructing that detaining an individual for a short time for purposes of a show up is a legitimate investigatory procedure even if one considers the grounds to have been less than probable cause to arrest
  • approving “prompt showups near the scene of the crime as acceptable police procedure designed to aid police in determining whether to continue or to end the search for the culprits”
  • discussing fact that the defendant was found in an area near the crime scene and noting generally that the police are not required to assume that a suspect has put as much distance between himself and the crime scene as is possible
  • noting, “prompt show-ups near the scene of the crime as acceptable police procedure designed to aid police in - 14 - No. 1-22-1648 determining whether to continue or to end the search for the culprits”
  • discussing fact that the defendant was found in an area near the crime scene and noting generally that the police are not required to assume that a suspect has put as much distance between himself and the crime scene as is possible
  • lapse of no more than 55 minutes between crime and show-up was “relatively short time” and supported admission of show-up identification

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Judges: Underwood

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