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Johnson v. Louisiana  

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  • In Johnson v. Louisiana, 406 US 356 (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a defendant's warrantless arrest did not invalidate the use of his subsequent identification in a police lineup. Frank Johnson was arrested without a warrant after a victim identified his picture in a photo lineup. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Johnson v. Louisiana (1972)]

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  • 1972

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Johnson_v._Louisiana

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