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· 6/21/1989

United States v. Joseph T. Bouthot

Citations

  • 878 F.2d 1506
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 8926
  • 1989 WL 65758

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding identification unreliable where witness had observed defendant for approximately thirty seconds, from a moving car, and from no closer than ten feet
  • holding that no evidence was 1989
  • discussing, in different context, why government’s knowing silence not equivalent to active misrepresentation
  • drawing a distinction between a prosecutor omitting information and a prosecutor providing inaccurate information
  • Due process requires federal courts to “scrutinize all suggestive identification procedures, not just those orchestrated by the police.”
  • Due process requires federal courts to “scrutinize all suggestive identi- fication procedures, not just those orchestrated by the police.”

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Judges: Campbell, Aldrich, Torruella

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