Perry v. New Hampshire

Perry v. New Hampshire
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 2, 2011
Decided January 11, 2012
Full case nameBarion Perry, Petitioner v. State of New Hampshire, Respondent
Docket no.10-8974
Citations565 U.S. 228 (more)
132 S. Ct. 716; 181 L. Ed. 2d 694; 2012 U.S. LEXIS 579; 80 U.S.L.W. 4073
Opinion announcementOpinion announcement
Case history
PriorMotion to suppress denied, State v. Perry unreported (N.H. Super., 2010); affirmed, State v. Perry, No. 2009-0590 (N.H. November 18, 2010); cert. granted, 563 U.S. 2011 (2011).
Holding
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not require a preliminary judicial inquiry into the reliability of an eyewitness identification when the identification was not procured under unnecessarily suggestive circumstances arranged by law enforcement.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityGinsburg, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
ConcurrenceThomas
DissentSotomayor
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Perry v. New Hampshire, 565 U.S. 228 (2012), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of eyewitness identifications.

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