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· 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

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

  • 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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