Manson v. Brathwaite

Manson v. Brathwaite
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 29, 1976 Decided June 16, 1977
Full case name	John R. Manson, Commissioner of Correction of Connecticut v. Nowell A. Brathwaite
Citations	432 U.S. 98 (more) 97 S.Ct. 2243
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	527 F.2d 363 (2d Cir. 1975)
Questions presented
Do the 14th and 6th Amendments require the exclusion from a state criminal trial of pretrial identification evidence that is both suggestive and unnecessary?
Holding
No. The admission of the evidence did not violate the 14th Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Blackmun, joined by Burger, Stewart, White, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
Concurrence	Stevens
Dissent	Marshall, joined by Brennan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV, U.S. Const. amend. VI

Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98 (1977) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1977.^[1] The decision touched on the exclusionary rule in state criminal proceedings.^[1]

The Supreme Court held that the identification procedures used against Brathwaite did not violate the Constitution of the United States.^[1]