State v. Miles

The state appeals from an order suppressing the victim’s identification of the defendants as the offenders. The trial court reasonably concluded that unduly suggestive procedures induced the victim to identify them, so we affirm the disputed order.

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The grand jury indicted the three defendants for aggravated robbery and felonious assault. Prior to trial the defendants moved to suppress the victim’s identification testimony. They asserted that the state denied them due process by unfairly persuading the victim to identify them as the culprits. Five witnesses testified at the court’s evidentiary…