State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Here, the photographic array consisted of six photographs of men with characteristics very similar to appellant Tip-ton. All of the individuals had dark hair, a mustache and were Caucasian, just as appellant Tipton. All of the photographs were of men within the appellant’s age group. As pointed out by defense counsel, the head shot of appellant Tipton was slightly larger than the other photographs in the array. However, the size of the head shots of the various individuals in Exhibit 1, which contains the photographs of the array, clearly shows that the head shots varied in size. Therefore, appellant Tipton’s photograph would not be unconstitutionally suggestive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tipton v. Carlton