Exam 1- Cases and Calculations Flashcards
Ronald Cotton & Jennifer Thompson
Misidentification
Jennifer falsely ID Cotton as attacker, true perp was Bobbi Poole
Martha Puebla
Used her as fake eyewitness, and told suspect all about her.
He put a hit out on her -> murdered
Michael Crowe
Coerced-internalized confession
- believed he murdered his own sister
- exonerated by DNA evidence
Paul Ingram
Coerced-internalized confession
-believed devil possessed him to molest daughters
Central Park Five
Coerced-compliant confession
- suspected of raping woman
- police told them that other suspects (whom they did not even know) had turned on them, so they decided to take each other down
Coy v. Iowa
Overturned conviction because not able to confront witness face-to-face
Visual separation violated defendant’s 6th amend right
Maryland v. Craig
Supreme court relied heavily on an APA research brief
Right to face-to-face confrontation should be evaluated on case-to-case basis
Frye vs. U.S.
Frye convicted of murder, tried to use polygraph test for exoneration -> inadmissible
Frye standard:
Must be generally accepted in field to be accepted in court
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo asked for attorney, was denied
Used this as backing for Az supreme court ruling against Miranda, who didn’t even ask for one
Arizona v. Miranda
Convicted Miranda for rape, and other crimes that he confessed to
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda rights
AZ supreme court, denied based on Escobedo v. Illinois
US supreme court overturned conviction
-> Miranda Rights
People v. Catarino Gonzalez
Shot a cop and ran
Controversial because unclear as to if he invoked his Miranda Rights
Correct ID rate
TP Suspect out of total
False ID rate
TA Suspect out of total
PV of a suspect ID
Ratio:
Correct ID rate / false ID rate
Probability:
Correct ID rate / (correct + false ID rate)
