Eyewitness Identification:

LibraryThe Rulebook: The Definitive Quick Reference Guide for New York Criminal Law Practitioners (2020 Ed.)

EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION: "[I]n the context of eyewitness identification, the testimony of a third party (typically, a police officer) to the effect that the witness identified a defendant as the perpetrator on some prior occasion is generally inadmissible under the rule enunciated in People v Trowbridge (305 NY 471 [1953])" (People v Buie, 86 NY2d 501, 510 [1995]). But, "CPL 60.30[, which considers identification by...

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