Read a summary of the armed carjacking Andrew Patrick is accused of committing, and it would seem to be a fairly solid case. But due to a Metropolitan Police Department detective’s “highly suggestive” tactics asking the victim to identify Patrick as the perpetrator, his conviction for armed carjacking was vacated last month by the D.C. Court of Appeals.

One morning in September 2022, Patrick allegedly approached Caprice Nicholas at a gas station on Good Hope Road SE while she was filling up her blue Chevy Suburban. Patrick, wearing a jacket with the hood up, pinned her against the tailgate, brandished a gun, and demanded her keys, which she eventually gave him.

A few hours later, an automated license-plate reader positioned at an intersection spotted the Suburban. Police stopped the vehi

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