Defendant was indicted for two knifepoint robberies and identified by the complainants in both photo arrays and a lineup. Defendant challenges the photo array as suggestive because it contained more than one photograph of him. Where an identification procedure is "so impermissibly suggestive as to give rise to a very substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification", testimony regarding that identification will be excluded (Simmons v United States,
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PEOPLE v. LIGGINS
159 A.D.2d 443 (1990)
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Liggins, Appellant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 29, 1990
March 29, 1990
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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