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|facts=Police is dispatched to investigate a car robbery. A suspect named Perry was seen by a police officer in the vicinity of a smashed car window; Perry had a bat and a car stereo. | |facts=Police is dispatched to investigate a car robbery. A suspect named Perry was seen by a police officer in the vicinity of a smashed car window; Perry had a bat and a car stereo. | ||
A witness identified Perry as the perpetrator of the stereo theft from the car. | |||
|holding=The reliability of identification of witness isn't important; the main question is whether or not there is coercive misconduct to obtain a confession. | |holding=The reliability of identification of witness isn't important; the main question is whether or not there is coercive misconduct to obtain a confession. | ||
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| Perry v. New Hampshire | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Citation | |
| Date decided | January 11, 2012 |
Facts
Police is dispatched to investigate a car robbery. A suspect named Perry was seen by a police officer in the vicinity of a smashed car window; Perry had a bat and a car stereo.
A witness identified Perry as the perpetrator of the stereo theft from the car.Holding
The reliability of identification of witness isn't important; the main question is whether or not there is coercive misconduct to obtain a confession.
