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Sixth Circuit· 10/19/1979

Summitt v. Bordenkircher

Citations

  • 608 F.2d 247

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  • “[a] defendant is denied due process only when [] evidence is so unreliable that its introduction renders a trial unfair.”
  • “Even where the right to counsel is not applicable, . . . ‘due process protects the accused against the introduction of evidence of, or tainted by, unreliable . . . identifications obtained through unnecessarily suggestive procedures.’”

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Judges: Brown, Merritt

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