United States v. John H. L. Wilson

Appellant raises a question as to the permissibility of a confrontation wherein appellant was identified at the scene of the crime, a gas station, about ten minutes after a holdup, by the victims of the holdup. Appellant claims error in the lack of counsel, and in the impermissible suggestiveness of the confrontation. The trial judge held a hearing to elicit the circumstances surrounding the identification. He concluded that appellant’s constitutional rights had not been violated. He found that the weather conditions were good, that the complaining witnesses had a good opportunity to observe…