Opinion ID: 412669
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Level of Certainty at Confrontation

Text: 36 Again, the Fifth District made no specific finding concerning this factor. Allen and Almengor expressed no certainty about any of the photographs until the photographic array on October 30. See part II(B) supra. The only person Almengor identified positively--Pete Nunez--was not even in the prison facility at the time of the attack. Six other possible identifications by Almengor were subsequently ruled out by prison officials. Cf. United States v. Barron, 575 F.2d 752, 754 (9th Cir.1978) (no indication that witnesses had ever selected any other suspect than defendant). Allen was so uncertain that he was unable to make even a possible identification until October 30. See part II(B) supra. The certainty demonstrated by Allen and Almengor on October 30 came only after prison authorities employed the pretrial identification procedures here at issue. 37