Opinion ID: 674597
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Identification of Jimmy by Ms. Quang Nguyen

Text: 126 Ms. Quang Nguyen, the victim of the Asian Market robbery in Tennessee, was shown the array and initially selected one photograph that was not of Jimmy. The next day, the police substituted an uncropped color photo in place of Jimmy's black-and-white photo and presented the array to her again. After looking at the array for about 40 minutes, she selected Jimmy's picture. 127 We reject Jimmy's contention that the substitution of the color photograph of him for the original black-and-white photograph after Ms. Nguyen's initial selection of another photo was unduly suggestive. At a hearing on the admissibility of the photo identification, Ms. Nguyen stated that on the second viewing she had believed all of the pictures had been changed. She also testified, as did Detective Oldham, that no one had suggested what picture she should identify or had otherwise tried to influence her selection. 128 The district court was entitled to accept the testimony of Ms. Nguyen and Detective Oldham that the police did not direct her attention to any particular photograph. It was also entitled to accept Ms. Nguyen's testimony that she believed she was viewing a very different array from the first one shown her. Further, we note that since most of the pictures were in color, the substitution of one in color for Jimmy's original black-and-white photo was likely to cause the new picture of Jimmy to attract less attention, not more. 129