context: Finally, the close proximity in both time and location between the crime and the Show-up here helped ensure its reliability. The fact that the Show-up took place approximately four blocks away from the crime, and within thirty to forty-five minutes of the event, mitigated any potential prejudice that might have resulted from Farmian viewing Valtin in police custody.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 496 F.Supp. 804, 809
citation_a.parenthetical: "Such promptness of identification is recognized to be a powerful sign of its trustworthiness, for it suggests that the identification was based on a fresh mental picture of the criminal's features."
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Johnson v. Gilmore, 940 F.2d 665, 1991 WL 155984, at *4 (7th Cir. Aug.15, 1991) (unpublished table decision) (show-up occurring twelve to eighteen minutes after crime is close enough in proximity to “significantly diminish[ ] the concern of misidentification due to fading memory”); Zelker, 455 F.2d at 716 (holding show-up to be reasonable because “[w]hen the two suspects were brought to [be seen by the identifier], only 30 minutes had elapsed since [the identifier had] reported the crime.”); see also Willin v. Ajello, 496 F.Supp. 804, 809 (D.Conn.1980) (“Such promptness of identification is recognized to be a powerful sign of its trustworthiness, for it suggests that the identification was based on a fresh mental picture of the criminal’s features.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 455 F.2d 716, 716
citation_b.parenthetical: holding show-up to be reasonable because "[w]hen the two suspects were brought to [be seen by the identifier], only 30 minutes had elapsed since [the identifier had] reported the crime."
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Johnson v. Gilmore, 940 F.2d 665, 1991 WL 155984, at *4 (7th Cir. Aug.15, 1991) (unpublished table decision) (show-up occurring twelve to eighteen minutes after crime is close enough in proximity to “significantly diminish[ ] the concern of misidentification due to fading memory”); Zelker, 455 F.2d at 716 (holding show-up to be reasonable because “[w]hen the two suspects were brought to [be seen by the identifier], only 30 minutes had elapsed since [the identifier had] reported the crime.”); see also Willin v. Ajello, 496 F.Supp. 804, 809 (D.Conn.1980) (“Such promptness of identification is recognized to be a powerful sign of its trustworthiness, for it suggests that the identification was based on a fresh mental picture of the criminal’s features.”).