United States v. Robert Eldon Bennett

892 F.2d 1047 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Eldon BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant. No. 88-1435. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 25, 1989. Decided Dec. 14, 1989. Before BROWNING, KOZINSKI, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 This is an appeal from a conviction based, in part, upon witness identification of Bennett from a show-up at the bank shortly after the robbery and police use of a single photo identification two days after the robbery. 3 We review the constitutionality of pre-trial identification procedures de novo. United States v. Bagley, 772 F.2d 482, 492 (9th Cir.1985). We determine whether an identification procedure is so unnecessarily suggestive as to give rise to a substantial likelihood of mistaken identification by viewing the totality of the surrounding circumstances. Id. 4 The show-up at the bank shortly after the commission of the robbery, although…