Perkins v. Commissioner of Correctional Services
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Donnell Perkins appeals the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts, proceedings below, and specification of appellate issues, and hold as follows.
The last state court to adjudicate on the merits Perkins’s claim that his lineup identification should have been suppressed and the eyewitness not permitted to make an in-court identification of Perkins determined that the lineup was not “impermissibly suggestive” because “[d]e-spite certain age and weight disparities, the fillers were sufficiently…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Foster v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Alixcair Valverde v. James Stinson, Superintendent, Great Meadow Corr. Fac.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- People v. PerkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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