· 5/27/1970
United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Phipps, Relator-Appellant v. Harold W. Follette, as Warden of Green Haven Prison, at Stormville, New York
Citations
- 428 F.2d 912
- 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 9026
How courts have described this case
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- reasoning that a victim pays more attention than “[a] person unaware that a crime is being committed”
- “the longer the interval, the greater the dangers that the initial image will have dimmed and that the second image will play a significant role.”
- prospective victim of assault viewed burglar for 20 to 30 seconds
- one man show-up not per se impermissible
- one man show-up not per se impermissible
- twenty to thirty second observation
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Judges: Waterman, Friendly, Zampano
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