Legal Opinion
People v. Tatum
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 9, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
William D. Friedmann, J.
This suppression motion places in question the propriety of a lineup identification procedure that involves a suspect with a distinctive facial deformity; a glass eye. This motion also challenges the propriety of conducting a lineup on the absence of counsel, prior to the start of adversarial judicial proceedings, when the suspect’s counsel in an unrelated case has requested an adjournment of the lineup to the next day.
RELEVANT PROCEEDINGS
The Grand Jury of Queens County by two separate indictments charges the defendant with robbery in the first…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. McEachernNew York Supreme Court · 1988
- People v. PerryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015