State v. Grady’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[T]he fact that defendant appeared in the lineup wearing the same clothes as those described by [the witness] after he was attacked does not render the lineup unduly suggestive. [The i]dentification did not turn on the articles of clothing worn by defendant. The description given to police by [the witness] highlighted his assailant's physical features and, indeed, formed the foundation for the victim's identification of defendant.”

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

2. “(1) Present understanding of or intelligence to understand, on instructions, an obligation to speak the truth; (2) mental capacity at the time of the occurrence in question truly to observe and to register such occurrence; (3) memory sufficient to retain an independent recollection of the observations made; and (4) capacity truly to translate into words the memory of such observation.”

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

3. “saw his attacker's face for 'a few seconds[,]' ... the[ ] conditions were sufficient for the witness 'to fix in his mind's eye the appearance of the culprit,' so that [the witness] would not have been misled even by a suggestive lineup”

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