State v. Birch’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “First, we must decide whether the identification procedure was in fact impermissibly suggestive. Second, if we find that the procedure was impermissibly suggestive, then we must determine whether, under the totality of the circumstances, an identification adhered by the witness at the time of trial is irreparably tainted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Webb