21 Mich. App. 684 - People v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “There is a major difficulty ... with putting such a burden on the defendant in all cases. In many types of confrontations the defendant will be totally unaware of the fact that witnesses are trying to identify him. When this happens it may well be impossible for defendant to know who was present at the confrontation, what was said or what facts existed which might make it `unnecessarily suggestive.' ... Putting the burden of proof on defendant in these situations may well result in denying him procedurally a right which is purportedly granted substantively.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of Fg · In re F.G.