Title

Manson v. Brathwaite Revisited:Towards a New Rule of Decision for Due Process Challenges

Document Type

Article

Comments

Forthcoming in Valparaiso University Law Review October 2006.

Abstract

A major cause of wrongful convictions is mistaken eyewitness identification. The leading Supreme Court case governing due process challenges to identification procedures, Manson v. Brathwaite, is almost 30 years old, and does not account for decades of social science research on eyewitness I.D. In fact, parts of the Manson test designed to ensure reliability run counter to research findings. In this piece, O'Toole and Shay describe the problems with the Manson test, and propose a new rule of decision for due process challenges to identification procedures.

Date of Authorship for this Version

March 2006

Keywords

Manson v. Brathwaite, Due Process