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People v. Hill

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 5, 1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

William D. Friedmann, J.

This Wade (United States v Wade, 388 US 218 [1967]) type suppression hearing places in focus various aspects of seller identification or confirmation emanating from a street narcotic "buy and bust” purchase made by an undercover police officer.

THE STREET BUY AND BUST TRANSACTION

We are often reminded that eyewitness identification testimony is sometimes the most valuable type of evidence and yet too often the least reliable (Taylor, Reliability of Eyewitness Identification, 15 [No. 3] Trial Law Q [NYS Trial Lawyers Assn] 10 [1983]). Accordingly, the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. MoralesNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. BallottNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
  5. People v. LoganNew York Court of Appeals · 1969

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. HillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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