South Carolina v. Wyatt

Shawn Wyatt appealed his convictions for attempting to furnish contraband to a prisoner and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana. He argued the trial court erred by not suppressing two eyewitness identifications. The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's decision not to suppress the primary identification. The Court found, however, the police identification procedure was not unnecessarily suggestive, and thus the trial court should have addressed the suppression question only under the first prong of Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188 (1972). As to the other identification, the Court found no error and affirmed Wyatt's convictions. View "South Carolina v. Wyatt" on Justia Law