Lineups
What is the procedure called when they put a suspect with similar looking individuals for the witness to view?
Lineup
What is a one-on-one confrontation between a suspect and a witness to crime called?
Showup
During a photographic identification, what must the photographs not be?
Unduly suggestive
Is DNA testing admissible in court?
Yes
Is Miranda required before a lineup?
No, it is not required
At what point do you get a right to council during the lineup process?
Once you have been formally charged.
When does a showup normally occur?
Shortly after the crime has occurred or in circumstances where a lineup is not feasible
Does right to counsel apply to photographic identifications?
No, it does not apply
Why are polygraph tests not usually admissible in court?
The Eyewitness Identification Guidelines applies to which types of identification processes?
Lineups, showups, and photo identifications
What is a lawyers role during a lineup?
To make sure the procedure is fair
Minutes after a purse is snatched, a suspect fitting the description given by the victim is apprehended several blocks away and is brought back to the scene of the crime for identification by the victim. Does the suspect have a right to counsel?
They do not have a right to counsel.
In Simmons v. United States, what type of identification procedure was challenged as being suggestive?
Photographic Identification
What emerging technology is still to early to tell regarding admissibility in court?
Facial recognition
What is a lineup in which the suspect is not known to the person who conducts the lineup called?
Blind lineup
What rule was made due to the suspect not being entitled to the presence and advice of a lawyer during a lineup or other face to face confrontation, because he had not been formally charged?
Kirby Rule
What right is a suspect not protected by if they are involved in a showup?
Self incrimination
Why are eyewitness identifications controversial?
They are unreliable
Why is obtaining a handwriting sample form a suspect constitutional?
Handwriting is considered public
Around what percent are wrongful convictions due to mistaken eyewitness identification?
70-75%
Which case states police identification procedues that are "fraught with dangers of suggestion" are invalid because they violate the accused's right to due process?
Gilbert v. California (1967)
Although showups are a form of intrusion, how are they justified?
Exigent circumstances exception
What does impermissibly suggestive mean in a photo identification?
They are unfairly singling out the suspect
What is one advantage of using hair samples as evidence?
It keeps information for a long period of time
What case gives you a right to council after being formally charged?
Unites States v. Wade