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Utah Supreme Court· 4/23/1991

State v. Ramirez

Citations

  • 817 P.2d 774
  • 159 Utah Adv. Rep. 7
  • 1991 Utah LEXIS 33
  • 1991 WL 74577

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  • holding that appellate court cannot assume trial court would have found facts to support its decision when ambiguity of facts makes such an assumption unreasonable
  • holding that appellate court cannot assume trial court would have found facts to support its decision when ambiguity of facts makes such an assumption unreasonable
  • holding that determination of “the due process reliability of eyewitness identifications .... will require an in-depth appraisal of the identification’s reliability”
  • concluding that the standard for admissibility of eyewitness identifications under Article I, Section 7 of the Utah Constitution diverges from the standard under the federal Due Process Clause
  • stating that several standards of review must be employed given that the trial court’s determination of admissibility involves both legal and factual conclusions
  • stating that due process analysis for determining admissibility of eyewitness identifications under Utah Constitution will meet or exceed in rigor the federal standard

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Judges: Zimmerman, Hall, Howe, Durham, Stewart

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