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cited 2× by 1 distinct case, last quoted 1993 · …no per se exclusionary rule applied to pre-indictment confrontations. at p. 169
138 citation events across 3 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Smith v. State (gactapp, 1998-11-05)
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) Smith v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1998 · confidence medium
(Cit.)’ Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974). ‘Pre-indictment confrontations should be scrutinized to determine if they are unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Collins v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1998 · confidence medium
Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Flores v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1997 · confidence medium
Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Ferguson v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1996 · confidence medium
(Cit.)’ Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974). ‘Pre-indictment confrontations should be scrutinized to determine if they are unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Johnson v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1993 · confidence medium
There is “no per se exclusionary rule applied to pre-indictment confrontations. [Cit.]” Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Taylor v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1993 · confidence medium
The totality of the circumstances must be viewed to determine if there is a “likelihood of misidentification which offends against due process and ‘the factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation.’ [Cit.]” Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ).’ Towns v. State, 136 Ga. App. 467, 468 (1…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Hamilton v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1986 · confidence medium
Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U. S. 98, 113 (97 SC 2243, 53 LE2d 140); Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 168 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
cited Cited as authority (rule) King v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1983 · confidence medium
Rather it should be scrutinized to determine if it was “ ‘unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification.’ ” Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Wright v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1983 · confidence medium
The case sub judice is dissimilar to Towns v. State, 136 Ga. App. 467 , supra. See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ); Arnold v. State, 155 Ga. App. 782, 783 ( 272 SE2d 751 ); Daniel v. State, 150 Ga. App. 798, 800 ( 258 SE2d 604 ).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Cantrell v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1982 · confidence medium
Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Morris v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1981 · confidence medium
Where a “confrontation was made [as here by showing a photograph to the sole identifying witness]... the witness’ in-court identification [is] also inadmissible unless the state successfully carried the burden of showing that the in-court identification sprang from an independent and untainted source.” Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 168 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974), citing United States v. Wade, 388 U. S. 218 (87 SC 1926, 18 LE2d 1149); Gilbert v. California, 388 U. S. 263 (87 SC 1951, 18 LE2d 1178).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Moore v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1981 · confidence medium
The case is more similar to that of Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ), in that the trial court in the case sub judice, just as was the circumstances in Yancey v. State, supra, at page 169, determined from the totality of the circumstances that “the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation,” did not violate due process and met the requirements of Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Murphy v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1981 · confidence medium
In Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974), our Supreme Court held that in a case involving a show-up as opposed to a multiperson lineup, there is no per se exclusionary rule applied to pre-indictment confrontations.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Peterson v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1981 · confidence medium
Yancy v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Miller v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1981 · confidence medium
See in this connection Gravitt v. State, 239 Ga. 709, 710 (4) ( 239 SE2d 149 ); Daniel v. State, 150 Ga. App. 798 (1), 799 ( 258 SE2d 604 ); Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 168 ( 205 SE2d 282 ); Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 199 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Bradley v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1980 · confidence medium
Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Respess v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1978 · confidence medium
See Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 199 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401) (1972); Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Hill v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1977 · confidence medium
In scrutinizing a pre-indictment identification "show-up” for due process violations, the Supreme Court of this state has applied a "totality of the circumstances” test, utilizing standards enunciated in Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 199 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401). "[I]t is the likelihood of misidentification which offends against due process and 'the factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the *260 witness’ prior des…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Phillips v. State
Ga. · 1977 · confidence medium
See Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401) (1972); Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974); Smith v. State, 236 Ga. 5, 8 ( 222 SE2d 357 ) (1976).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Head v. State
Ga. · 1975 · confidence medium
See Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 198 (93 SC 375) (1972); Hobbs v. State, 235 Ga. 8, 9 ( 218 SE2d 769 ) (1975); Sherwin v. State, 234 Ga. 592, 593 ( 216 SE2d 810 ) (1975); and Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Towns v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1975 · confidence medium
The totality of the circumstances must be viewed to determine if there is a "likelihood of misidentification which offends against due process and 'the factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation.’ 409 U. S. 199 .” Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Martin v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1974 · confidence medium
Such pretrial confrontations require no per se exclusionary rule, but should be scrutinized to determine whether the lineup was "unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification,” since it is the likelihood of misidentification which offends against due process and "the factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated…
discussed Cited "see" Jones v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ). ‘(T)he factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation, and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.’ Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 199 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401).
discussed Cited "see" Heard v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ). “[T]he factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation, and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.” Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 199 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401).
discussed Cited "see" Holmes v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 170 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
discussed Cited "see" Lee v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ).
discussed Cited "see" Anthony v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ); Davis v. State, 233 Ga. 847 ( 213 SE2d 695 ); Hobbs v. State, 235 Ga. 8 ( 218 SE2d 769 ); McCoy v. State, 237 Ga. 62 ( 226 SE2d 594 ); Gravitt v. State, 239 Ga. 709 (4) ( 239 SE2d 149 ); Munford v. Seay, 241 Ga. 223 (4) ( 244 SE2d 857 ).
discussed Cited "see" Lyons v. State (2×)
Ga. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974); Clark v. State, 149 Ga. App. 641 ( 255 SE2d 110 ) (1979).
discussed Cited "see" Bradley v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1979 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1976); Heyward v. State, 236 Ga. 526 (1) ( 224 SE2d 383 ) (1976). "[T]he factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include [1] the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, [2] the witness’ degree of attention, [3] the accuracy of the *724 witness’ prior description of the criminal, [4] the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness át the confrontation, and [5] the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.” Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. at 199 , supra,…
discussed Cited "see" Lockleer v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1978 · signal: accord · confidence high
Accord, Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ); Sherwin v. State, 234 Ga. 592, 593 ( 216 SE2d 810 ).
discussed Cited "see" Painter v. State (2×)
Ga. · 1976 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974) (show-up).
discussed Cited "see" Heyward v. State (2×)
Ga. · 1976 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974). (3) The prior descriptions given by the witnesses were only general in nature and even attributed more weight to the defendant than was accurate.
discussed Cited "see" Weaver v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1976 · signal: see · confidence high
See Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167, 169 ( 205 SE2d 282 ).
discussed Cited "see" Talley v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1976 · signal: see · confidence high
See, Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ). "[T]he factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation, and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.” Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 199 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401).
discussed Cited "see" Hobbs v. State (2×)
Ga. · 1975 · signal: see · confidence high
See, Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ); and, Davis v. State, 233 Ga. 847 ( 213 SE2d 695 ).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Partridge v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1995 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974), for the applicable principles of constitutional law.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Wheelock v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1979 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ); Hughes v. State, 228 Ga. 593 (4) ( 187 SE2d 135 ). 2.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Matthews (2×)
N.C. · 1978 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 , 205 S.E. 2d 282 (1974).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Smith v. State (2×)
Ga. · 1976 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Yancey v. State, 232 Ga. 167 ( 205 SE2d 282 ) (1974).
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Yancey
v.
the State
28766.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Apr 23, 1974.
205 S.E.2d 282
1974 Ga. LEXIS 895
Saul, Blount & Avrett, Percy J. Blount, for appellant., Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, William F. Bartee, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, G. Stephen Parker, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Hall.
Cited by 68 opinions  |  Published
Hall, Justice.

The sole question presented here by Benjamin J. Yancey’s appeal from an armed robbery conviction carrying a 20-year sentence, is whether the in-court identification of Yancey by the victim of the crime was properly admitted or whether, as Yancey contends, the in-court identification was fatally tainted by an illegal pre-trial show-up at which Yancey was displayed by the police to the victim at the police station, without an attorney.

Yancey was convicted of the November 27, 1972 armed robbery of the Sturkie Furniture Store. Mr. Carlisle, the store manager, testified that earlier that morning a Negro wearing a white hard hat came into the[*168] store, saw Carlisle’s pistol, and looked around selecting furniture. He said he would be paid on Friday and would be back then with $100. Instead, he came back about 45 minutes or an hour later with Yancey who, he said, had let him borrow $50 for a down payment. Yancey spent some time with his back to a heater facing Carlisle under fluorescent lights while the first man maneuvered Carlisle into turning his back on Yancey. Yancey then put a gun to Carlisle’s back and initiated the robbery. Carlisle’s gun, watch and billfold were taken, as was money from the cash register, during a period of about 20 minutes. Carlisle testified that while he faced Yancey, Yancey fired a shot at him from about five feet making a small hole in his shirt but not wounding him.

Yancey was arrested on December 29, 1972. The record does not make it possible to determine the date, but at some time between the arrest and the indictment, January 15,1973 Carlisle was asked by police to come to the police station for an unspecified reason. While there he saw and identified Yancey, apparently through the glass door of a room in which Yancey was alone. Carlisle identified Yancey in court as the assailant, and also testified that "they didn’t tell me there was a man coming out that was suspicious of robbing me. When they brought the man out they said 'Have you ever seen that man before?’ and I said 'I sure have. I seen that man holding a gun on me. No doubt about it’ and my stomach drew up in knots when I glanced out and saw him there just like it did when he had that gun on me.”

The admission of the in-court identification is contended by Yancey in his sole enumeration to be reversible error.

United States v. Wade, 388 U. S. 218 (87 SC 1926, 18 LE2d 1149), Gilbert v. California, 388 U. S. 263 (87 SC 1951, 18 LE2d 1178), and Stovall v. Denno, 388 U. S. 293 (87 SC 1967, 18 LE2d 1199), cited by Yancey, all concerned defendants’ rights at a post-indictment identification confrontation. Those cases established that where an illegal post-indictment pre-trial confrontation was made, the witness’ trial testimony about the identification confrontation itself was to be excluded, and the witness’ in-court identification was also inadmissible[*169] unless the state successfully carried the burden of showing that the in-court identification sprang from an independent and untainted source. Prior to these three cases, the test applicable to out-of-court identifications was one of due process considering the totality of the circumstances. Kirby v. Illinois, 406 U. S. 682 (92 SC 1877, 32 LE2d 411) read Wade, Gilbert and Stovall to apply to post-indictment identifications and ruled that no per se exclusionary rule applied to pre-indictment confrontations. Accord West v. State, 229 Ga. 427 (192 SE2d 163). Such pre-indictment confrontations (such as Yancey’s), should be scrutinized to determine whether the line-up was "unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification.” 406 U. S. 691. Neil v. Biggers, 409 U. S. 188, 199 (93 SC 375, 34 LE2d 401), a recent Supreme Court pronouncement, applied the due process test to a show-up, such as Yancey was subjected to (as opposed to a line-up), on a statement of facts which does not definitely state, but clearly implies, that a pre-indictment identification had been made. Considering the "totality of the circumstances,” the court wrote that it is the likelihood of misidentification which offends against due process and "the factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of misidentification include the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation.” 409 U. S. 199. The court also wrote that "the admission of evidence of a show-up without more does not violate due process.” Id. p. 198.

Applying this test to Yancey’s pre-indictment show-up, we find that Carlisle’s opportunity for about 20 minutes during the commission of the crime to observe Yancey was unimpaired, at 10:00 a.m. under fluorescent lighting; that Carlisle’s attention level was presumably very high since he was being subjected to an armed robbery and was for at least part of the time compelled to face the man who held the gun on him; that his trial-description of his degree of certainty at the time of the confrontation showed he had no doubt of the accuracy of[*170] his identification; and the time between crime and confrontation was only about one month. The record does not reflect Carlisle’s earlier description of his assailant, but the absence of this information is not determinative. We find that even though Yancey had no attorney present at the show-up, nonetheless the confrontation here passed the Neil v. Biggers tests to screen out substantial opportunity for misidentification, and none of Yancey’s rights were violated by the in-court identification of Yancey by Carlisle. There is no merit in the single enumeration of error. Accord Griffin v. State, 229 Ga. 165 (190 SE2d 61).

Submitted March 29, 1974 Decided April 23, 1974. Saul, Blount & Avrett, Percy J. Blount, for appellant. Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, William F. Bartee, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, G. Stephen Parker, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

No error appearing, the conviction will be affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.