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State v. Reid

Citations

  • 254 Conn. 540
  • 757 A.2d 482
  • 2000 Conn. LEXIS 287

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  • witness identification procedure utilizing photographic array not unnecessarily suggestive when witness had been informed that suspect was present in array
  • witness identification procedure utilizing photographic array not unnecessarily suggestive when witness had been informed that suspect was present in array
  • microscopic hair analysis not type of evidence subject to Porter hearing because it simply required jurors to use their ownpowers of observation and comparison
  • testimony of criminologist regarding visible characteristics of and similarities between strands of hair not “scientific evidence” for Porter purposes
  • “[o]nce the trial court has served its gate-keeping function in accordance with [State v. Porter, 241 Conn. 57, 69, 698 A.2d 739 (1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1058, 118 S. Ct. 1384, 140 L. Ed. 2d 645 (1998
  • possible improper instruction cured by court's repeated proper instruction

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Judges: McDonald

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