· 12/14/1972
United States v. William Edward Zeiler
Citations
- 470 F.2d 717
- 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 6278
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the broad publication of mugshots in news sources is not a state-arranged identification procedure
- noting courts “scrutinize[] pretrial identification procedures to prevent police and prosecuting officials from using 3 This claim requires evidence that could satisfy a two-step inquiry: (1) that the identification procedure was unnecessarily suggestive, and (2
- “Both Wade and Simmons were concerned with the conduct of law enforcement officials in unfairly influencing identifications.”
- “The credibility of witnesses’ subsequent identifications can be weighed by the jury in light of the witnesses’ statements as to their reactions to television or newspaper pictures.”
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Judges: Rosenn, Staley, Van Dusen Rosenn
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