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Facts

• The case involves a hit and run accident on February 8, 2007, where a truck, after spending time at a restaurant and consuming alcohol, struck a Ford Explorer and fled the scene. The Explorer was pulled over at the time, and its occupants were a family. The truck's driver and passenger then proceeded to another bar, where they were later confronted by police. The driver of the truck became combative upon police questioning. A showup identification procedure led to the driver's identification by one of the victims, despite disputes over who was driving the truck at the time of the accident.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the metropolitan court committed fundamental error by failing to suppress evidence from a showup identification and subsequent in-court identification, claimed ineffective assistance of counsel for not filing a motion to suppress the showup identification evidence, and contended there was insufficient evidence to support the convictions.
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the metropolitan court committed fundamental error in failing to suppress evidence from a showup identification and a subsequent in-court identification by a witness.
• Whether, if the admission of evidence regarding the showup identification was not fundamental error, defense counsel’s failure to file a motion to suppress the evidence constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.
• Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the Defendant’s convictions.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the Defendant's convictions for aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DWI), reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident.

Reasons

• The Court, per Judge James J. Wechsler with Chief Judge Celia Foy Castillo and Judge Timothy L. Garcia concurring, found that the showup identification was impermissibly suggestive but did not constitute fundamental error due to substantial evidence supporting the Defendant's convictions. The Court determined that even without the showup identification, there was sufficient evidence, including the in-court identification by Mrs. Casas and circumstantial evidence, to support the jury's finding that the Defendant was the driver of the truck. The Court also concluded that the Defendant did not demonstrate that defense counsel's performance was deficient or that such deficiency prejudiced the defense, thus failing to establish a prima facie case of ineffective assistance of counsel. 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