¶1concurs in the result only because: (1) the playlet produced by the prosecution at trial to obtain an “eyeball” identification was so suggestive, in*320flammatory and void of probative value that it deprived the defendant of due process of law and a meaningful trial by jury; and (2) there was sufficient independent circumstantial evidence of identity to carry the case to the jury.
620 S.W.2d 316
Riley v. Commonwealth
Decided September 1, 1981
Kentucky Supreme Court · decided 1981-09-01
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Decided 1981-09-01
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