49 Ala. App. 417 - Cornelius v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
33
cited by 33 later decisions
1
states following
February 1986
most recently cited
33 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Wade · Stovall v. Denno · Biggers v. State of Tennessee · Bates v. United States · United States v. Sanchez
Most-quoted passages
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“"[T]he police action in returning the suspect to the vicinity of the crime for immediate identification in circumstances such as these fosters the desirable objectives of fresh, accurate identification which in some instances may lead to the immediate release of an innocent suspect and at the same time enable the police to resume the search for the fleeing culprit while the trail is fresh. . . ."”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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