Legal Opinion

Greenwood v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 5, 1995No. 93-CF-1232PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KING, Associate Judge:

This case presents an issue of first impression: whether the trial court, after a pretrial identification suppression hearing during which the identification witness did not testify, upon finding that the identification procedures were not unduly suggestive, abused discretion in delaying a determination of the reliability of the identification until after the identifying witness testified at trial. Concluding that such a course is not an abuse of discretion, we affirm.

Terrence 0. Greenwood was convicted of first degree burglary, two counts of sodomy, and assault with…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Laumer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. McClain v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. Stewart v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by21 opinions

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