Garza v. State

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided 1982-05-26

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CLINTON, Judge, dissenting. “The vagaries of eyewitness identification are well-known; the annals of criminal law are rife with instances of mistaken identification, [footnote omitted] Mr. Justice Frankfurter once said: ‘What is the worth of identification testimony even when uncontradicted? The identification of strangers is preverbially untrustworthy. The hazards of such testimony are established by…

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