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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Dickson.

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1 State v. Dickson Anchor
conn · 2016
green “do not doubt either the importance or the fallibility of eyewitness identifications.” 3
2 Garner v. People
colo · 2019
green “a small minority of courts have applied biggers to first-time in-court identifications since perry was decided” 3
3 Garner v. People
colo · 2019
green “and where nothing beyond the inherent suggestiveness of the ordinary courtroom setting made the in- court identification itself constitutionally suspect, due process does not require the trial court to assess the identification for reliability under biggers.” 3
4 Garner v. People
colo · 2019
green “pre-lineup or showup description and defendant's actual description,” 3
5 Kahler v. Kansas
scotus · 2020
green “the question is whether a rule of criminal responsibility is so old and venerable-so entrenched in the central values of our legal system-as to prevent a state from ever choosing another.” 3
6 Robert Walden v. David Shinn
ca9 · 2021
green “if the police did not arrange suggestive circumstances leading the witness to identify a particular person as the perpetrator, the inquiry ends.” 3
7 People v. Carey
mich · 1901
green “is sufficient evidence to jury of any single fact” 3

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