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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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