In what circumstances will the police be able to present a photograph of several different individuals to a witness at a crime scene?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mata v. Sumner, 611 F.2d 754 (9th Cir. 1979):
2 Cf. Simmons v. United States, supra, 390 U.S. at 383, 88 S.Ct. at 971 (The danger of an erroneous identification by a witness "will be increased if the police . . . show (the witness) the pictures of several persons among which the photograph of a single such individual recurs or is in some way emphasized.").
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