Legal Opinion
United States v. James O. Gambrill, United States of America v. Jerry L. Hunter
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 29, 1971No. 23806_1PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
Hunter and Gambrill were convicted of rape, robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. We reverse the judgments because of impermissible suggestion in the identification of the subjects and order a new tral.
The Facts of the Offenses and Identifications
At about 10:30 P.M. on October 1, 1968, a twenty-two year old female nursing student (hereinafter referred to as Mary) and her male companion (hereinafter referred to as John) drove in John’s Chevrolet to a well-lighted picnic area in Rock Creek Park off of Beach Drive just north of…
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