Seymour Styers v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent

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• notifying a witness that a suspect has been picked up, combined with the use of a stationhouse showup procedure, was impermissibly suggestive
• photo array contained two color photos of the two suspects along with black and white mug shots of other non-suspects
• witness shown small group of photographs, only two of which were fresh and in color, and asked by officer, “Are these the two fellows?”
• photo array contained two color photos of the two suspects along with black and white mug shots of other non-suspects

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