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· 6/25/1992

United States v. Russell E. Hill

Citations

  • 967 F.2d 226
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 14487
  • 1992 WL 140968

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a bank teller’s in-court identification was reliable even though five years had passed since the bank robbery
  • finding that in-court identification of robber was reliable, even though five years had passed between the incident and trial
  • finding lapse of five years did not operate to bar identification supported by other indicia of reliability
  • assuming for purposes of the motion that the in-court identification of the defendant was impermissibly suggestive where the witness had not identified defendant before trial and defendant was seated at counsel table
  • finding “a couple of minutes” a sufficient opportunity to view the suspect
  • finding “a couple of minutes” a sufficient opportunity to view the suspect

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Judges: Nelson, Boggs, Wellford

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