Legal Opinion

State v. Wyatt

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 25, 2017No. Appellate Case No. 2016-001303; Opinion No. 27743PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JUSTICE FEW:

Shawn Lee Wyatt appeals his convictions for attempting to furnish contraband to a prisoner and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana. He argues the trial court erred by not suppressing two eyewitness identifications. We affirm the trial court’s decision not to suppress the primary identification. We find, however, the police identification procedure was not unnecessarily suggestive, and thus the trial court should have addressed the suppression question only under the first prong of Neil v. Biggers.1 As to the other identification, we find no…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Perry v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. Daquan J. CrummeyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2024
  2. State v. Justin Jamal WarnerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2022
  3. State v. WarnerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2020

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