Rodriguez v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.2d 1153 · 1990
Citation profile
47
cited by 47 later decisions
3
states following
September 2008
most recently cited
30 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Simmons v. United States · Neil v. Biggers · Stovall v. Denno · Wainwright v. Sykes
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“extraordinary case, where a constitutional violation has probably resulted in the conviction of one who is actually innocent. Id 2 To the extent that petitioner raises the reliability of the photo identification, we note that our discussion of sufficiency of the evidence to convict disposes of the necessity to determine whether the identification was unnecessarily suggestive 3 Part of the arson/insurance fraud scheme involved removing furniture and other valuable items from the Piepenbrink residence and replacing them with old furniture and less valuable items before the arson was to take place 4 Petitioner also asserts that counsel failed to impeach Karen Dickens on cross with her inconsistent grand jury testimony. Petitioner's bare allegation that counsel's failure to impeach Dickens prejudiced him, fails to set forth "sufficiently precise information”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It would fit dozens of men in Milwaukee and elsewhere, and the fact that it offers no details as to facial features or other more distinguishing characteristics than age, build, and complexion is troubling'. ... Rodriguez, however, has not protested that it doesn’t fit him, and we therefore assume, as the district court did, that it does. And that is a reassuring indicium of reliability of the identification,- if not a conclusive one.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of his prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated at the confrontation, and the time between the crime and the confrontation. Against these factors is to be weighed the corrupting influence of the suggestive identification itself.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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