Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 4, 1997No. 96-CO-1247PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
The United States appeals from the trial court’s decision to suppress showup identifications of Rodney Brown by two police officers.1 The government argues that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard, improperly determining whether the officers’ identification testimony was sufficient, standing alone, to sustain a conviction, rather than deciding whether the identifications were constitutionally admissible under the traditional two-part test that focuses on “undue suggestivity” and “reliability.” We agree with the government, reverse the suppression order,…
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