Legal Opinion
People v. Whitaker
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 1985PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
The defendant, while lawfully in custody at a police station on a murder charge, was placed in a lineup relating to another *350murder, not because he was suspected of the crime but to fill up the lineup around another suspect. At the lineup the defendant was identified as the person who committed this second murder and was subsequently convicted of the crime. He now appeals from an order of the Appellate Division affirming his conviction. His primary contention is that placing him in the lineup “as a filler” after his arrest on an unrelated charge,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Jehan Abdur Raheem, F/k/a John Whitaker v. Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent of Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- People v. OwensNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. GriffinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Frazier v. New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
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