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Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98 (1977) Manson v. Brathwaite. Glover, a trained Negro undercover state police officer, purchased heroin from a seller through the open doorway of an apartment while standing for two or three minutes within two feet of the seller in a hallway illuminated by natural light.
Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98 (1977) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1977. [1] The decision touched on the exclusionary rule in state criminal proceedings. [1] The Supreme Court held that the identification procedures used against Brathwaite did not violate the Constitution of the United States. [1]
Facts of the case. An undercover police officer bought drugs from a narcotics vendor. The officer saw the vendor up close for several minutes. The officer described the vendor to another officer who obtained a photograph of Nowell A. Brathwaite and gave it to the first officer.
Opinion. No. 75-871. Argued November 29, 1976 Decided June 16, 1977. Glover, a trained Negro undercover state police officer, purchased heroin from a seller through the open doorway of an apartment while standing for two or three minutes within two feet of the seller in a hallway illuminated by natural light.
Facts. A trooper and an informant went to the apartment of a suspected narcotics dealer to purchase heroin, which they did. The suspected dealer was charged with dealing heroin. No lineup was ever conducted, and the respondent was identified on the strength of one photograph.
27 lut 2008 · Manson v. Braithwaite was argued November 29, 1976 and the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on June 16, 1977. Braithwaite had been convicted of the possession and sale of heroin based solely on identification evidence by undercover agent Jimmy Glover.
Almost 30 years ago, in Manson v. Brathwaite,1 the Supreme Court set out a test for determining when due process requires suppression of an out-of-court identification produced by suggestive police procedures.
