context: Appellants' challenges to the show-up identifications as unduly suggestive and unreliable are meritless. Neither the custodial appearance nor the officers' statement that the appellants "matched the descriptions" given by the witnesses rendered the identifications unduly sug gestive.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 277 A.2d 95, 98
citation_a.parenthetical: suspect was seated in the back of a police car in handcuffs when witness identified him
citation_a.sentence: Singletary v. United States, 383 A.2d 1064, 1069 (D.C.1978) (with suspects seated in police car, witnesses were told, “We got two guys in the car similar to the ones you told us about”); see Turner v. United States, 622 A.2d 667, 672 (D.C.1993) (suspect was standing next to police car and police officers and was obviously in custody, but not in handcuffs); Garris v. United States, 559 A.2d 323, 327 (D.C.1989); Fields v. United States, 484 A.2d 570, 574 (D.C.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1067, 105 S.Ct. 2144, 85 L.Ed.2d 501 (1985); Washington v. United States, 334 A.2d 185, 186 (D.C.1975) (detective told victim, “We got your man, we think”); Jones v. United States, 277 A.2d 95, 98 (D.C.1971) (suspect was seated in the back of a police car in handcuffs when witness identified him).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 383 A.2d 1064, 1069
citation_b.parenthetical: with suspects seated in police car, witnesses were told, "We got two guys in the car similar to the ones you told us about"
citation_b.sentence: Singletary v. United States, 383 A.2d 1064, 1069 (D.C.1978) (with suspects seated in police car, witnesses were told, “We got two guys in the car similar to the ones you told us about”); see Turner v. United States, 622 A.2d 667, 672 (D.C.1993) (suspect was standing next to police car and police officers and was obviously in custody, but not in handcuffs); Garris v. United States, 559 A.2d 323, 327 (D.C.1989); Fields v. United States, 484 A.2d 570, 574 (D.C.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1067, 105 S.Ct. 2144, 85 L.Ed.2d 501 (1985); Washington v. United States, 334 A.2d 185, 186 (D.C.1975) (detective told victim, “We got your man, we think”); Jones v. United States, 277 A.2d 95, 98 (D.C.1971) (suspect was seated in the back of a police car in handcuffs when witness identified him).