Perry v. New Hampshire
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Perry v. New Hampshire, 565 U.S. 228 (2012), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of eyewitness identifications.[1]
Quick Facts Perry v. New Hampshire, Argued November 2, 2011 Decided January 11, 2012 ...
Perry v. New Hampshire | |
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Argued November 2, 2011 Decided January 11, 2012 | |
Full case name | Barion Perry, Petitioner v. State of New Hampshire, Respondent |
Docket no. | 10-8974 |
Citations | 565 U.S. 228 (more) 132 S. Ct. 716; 181 L. Ed. 2d 694; 2012 U.S. LEXIS 579; 80 U.S.L.W. 4073 |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Motion to suppress denied, State v. Perry unreported (N.H. Super., 2010); affirmed, State v. Perry, No. 2009-0590 (N.H. November 18, 2010); cert. granted, 563 U.S. 2011 (2011). |
Holding | |
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not require a preliminary judicial inquiry into the reliability of an eyewitness identification when the identification was not procured under unnecessarily suggestive circumstances arranged by law enforcement. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan |
Concurrence | Thomas |
Dissent | Sotomayor |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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