Tuesday round-up

By Marissa Miller
on Aug 23, 2011 at 11:22 am

In the New York Times, Adam Liptak discusses Perry v. New Hampshire, set for argument in November, in which the Court will consider when due process protections apply to suggestive eyewitness identifications. Liptak notes that the Court last considered the issue of eyewitness testimony thirty-four years ago; since then, he observes, studies have shown that “it is perilous to base a conviction on a witness’s identification of a stranger.”

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• Matthew Huisman of the National Law Journal (registration required) reports that former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal will join the appellate group at Hogan Lovells.