Walter Montgomery v. James Greer, Warden

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• holding the state court’s finding of competency is a factual one which we presume correct
• holding, “mere negli- gence, without more, does not amount to a constitutional violation”
• although post-arrest lineup identification inadmissible fruit of illegal arrest, in-court identification admissible because based on independent recollection of previous encounter and rape victim's opportunity to view assailant
• due process not violated when police negligently lost photographs used to identify defendant

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