Leo v. State

Reginald Lincoln Leo, Jr. v. State of Maryland, No. 2506, September Term, 2023. Opinion by Graeff, J. DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL IDENTIFICATIONS Due process protects the accused against the introduction of evidence of, or tainted by, unreliable pretrial identifications obtained through unnecessarily suggestive procedures. When appellant’s photo in a photo array included a minor difference in the background that was noticeable only on a close look, his photo did not “stand out” or “differ significantly” from the others in the group in a way that rendered the photo array…