40 Va. App. 412 - Blevins v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
January 2013
most recently cited
19 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2111
Relies on Neil v. Biggers · Ornelas v. United States · United States v. Mendenhall · Wainwright v. Witt · Smith v. Phillips
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“[T]he factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation, and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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