Mason v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
December 2003
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Simmons v. United States · Neil v. Biggers · Schmerber v. State of California · 481 So. 2d 203 - Fisher v. State · 599 So. 2d 951 - Ormond v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) the opportunity of the witness to view the accused at the time of the crime; (2) the degree of attention exhibited by the witness; (3) the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal; (4) the level of certainty exhibited by the witness at the confrontation; (5) the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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