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Criminal - Robbery - Identification - Police Custody (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 6, 2008

Although a showup to identify robbery suspects was “impermissibly suggestive,” a Roanoke City Circuit Court will allow the robbery victims’ identification of the suspects. A married couple was robbed in a motel parking lot. Within a short time after the couple reported the robbery, police detained the two suspects near the motel, using descriptions provided by ...
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