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· 4/22/1977

Summitt v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 550 S.W.2d 548
  • 1977 Ky. LEXIS 444

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  • repetition of an eyewitness's description of the physical characteristics of the perpetrator is not admissible unless the eyewitness testifies, and then only in rebuttal of attempts to discredit her subsequent identification
  • repetition of an eyewitness’s description of the physical characteristics of the perpetrator is not admissible unless the eyewitness testifies, and then only in rebuttal of attempts to discredit her subsequent identification

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Judges: Palmore

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