State v. Ruiz
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the trial court revoking Defendant's probation following an incident in which he allegedly robbed and threatened a customer, Lawrence Welch, at a Dunkin' Donuts store, holding that Welch's identification of Defendant was reliable notwithstanding the inherent suggestiveness of the showup procedure.
After Defendant was charged with violating a condition of his probation he filed a motion to suppress Welch's identification of him, claiming that the showup procedure violated his due process rights. The trial court denied the motion and found that Defendant had violated his probation. The appellate court affirmed, concluding that the identification procedure was not unnecessarily suggestive due to the exigencies of the ongoing investigation. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, considering the totality of the circumstances, Welch's identification of Defendant was reliable.
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