United States v. Hopkins
United States v. Hopkins, 418 U.S. 909 (1974)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 2d Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgment vacated and ease remanded for further consideration in light of Dor-szynski v. United States, ante, p. 424.
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(holding that an in-court identification amounts to a “show-up” but is not per se inadmissible or an automatic violation of due process but depends on the totality of the circumstances)
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(finding an in-court identification equivalent to a show-up but noting that the procedure was inadvertent and there was not “the slightest suggestion that the prosecution was in any way attempting to bring the confrontation about in the fashion that it occurred”)
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