Opinion ID: 686271
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Photo Array

Text: 4 The photo array was not impermissibly suggestive. A review of the photospread supports the district court's conclusion that at least two of the other men pictured had blemishes on their skin and that all the men were of approximately the same skin color and general appearance. See United States v. Bagley, 772 F.2d 482, 493 (9th Cir.1985) (affirming admission of photographic display after independently examining display to evaluate suggestiveness). We have previously affirmed admission of photo arrays with more conspicuous differences between the image of the defendant and those of the other individuals pictured. See, e.g., United States v. Carbajal, 956 F.2d 924, 929 (9th Cir.1992) (finding no undue suggestiveness in a photo array in which defendant was the only person with a wig and with discernible bruises on his face). 5 Paaaina's objection to the marking of the number 1 on his photograph is groundless. Each of the six photographs in the array was numbered--Paaaina's happened to be number 1. To hold this circumstance created undue suggestiveness would mean a suspect's photo could never be first in a numbered series. Such a rule would have the perverse effect of systematically reducing the randomness of photo arrays, thereby diminishing the protection provided defendants. Paaaina presents no evidence or argument to support his contention that the numbering had a suggestive effect.