Legal Opinion

State v. Legette

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 8, 1977No. 99PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendants’ first assignment of error is based on the dual contention that (1) their in-court identification by the witness Braswell was tainted by pretrial photographic identification and (2) the court erred in denying defendants the opportunity to view the photographs in question. Defendants argue that the findings and conclusions to the contrary are erroneous and that their motion to suppress the in-court identification should have been allowed.

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2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. McDowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  2. State v. WatsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
  3. State v. HunterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  4. State v. PaigeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  5. State v. CobbSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978

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