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· 8/20/1999

United States v. Shawntell Curry

Citations

  • 187 F.3d 762
  • 52 Fed. R. Serv. 903
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 19957
  • 1999 WL 637060

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing but not resolving this \apparent inconsistency\
  • identification admissible when eyewitness looked the perpetrator \straight in the face\ at a short distance, albeit for only a short time
  • differences in height do not make a lineup impermissibly suggestive; defendant \shortest by several inches\
  • identi‐ fication admissible when eyewitness looked the perpetrator “straight in the face” at a short distance, albeit for only a short time

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Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, Wood

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