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Manson v. Brathwaite

Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.

Questioned by some courts
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
432 U.S. 98
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
105 of 105
Citing cases (total)
5,074
Treatment dates
2009
Questioned by some courts
At least one reviewed court has questioned this case’s reasoning or continued validity. No reviewed court has overruled it. Manson v. Brathwaite has been questioned: all 105 flagged citations have been read, and the confirmed treatment is listed below. The Alaska Court of Appeals doubted whether its reliability analysis remains sound in light of later scientific research.
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Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and New Jersey separately chose stricter identification rules under their state constitutions.

Every treatment on this page is written from the citing opinion itself, with a verbatim quote, never copied from a commercial citator. A citation flagged by our screen but not shown here was read and found not to weaken this case.

5,074 later cases cite Manson v. Brathwaite; 105 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Questioned

  • The Alaska Court of Appeals questioned whether Manson's reliability analysis remains a valid way to assess photographic identifications in light of later scientific research, but did not decide the issue because any suggestiveness was harmless.

    Tegoseak v. State · Alaska Court of Appeals · filed

    In addition, we are aware that scientific research conducted during the past thirty years has cast doubt on the analysis set forth in Manson v. Brath-waite-raising questions as to whether that analysis is a valid method for ascertaining whether a photographic lineup has yielded a reliable identification.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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