United States v. James E. Jackson

How courts have described this case

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

• of eleven men in lineup, defendant was the only participant with a “bush” or Afro hairstyle
• “[t]he problem of witness-competence is accentuated in cases wherein the guilt of the accused is sought to be rested on an uncorroborated identification by a single witness”
• victim identified assailant and sawed-off shotgun similar to one used in robbery
• victim identified assailant and sawed-off shotgun similar to one used in robbery
• testimonial references to photographs and alibi/mistaken identity defense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).