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When A Perpetrator Description Can Be So Detailed And So Good It Damages The Photo Lineup (Photos Enclosed)

June 10, 2020 By Arthur McGibbons


People v. Clifton
, 2019 IL App (1st) 151967 (April)
. Episode 632 (Duration 8:20)

Unduly suggestive ID, you make the call photos provided here. ** This opinion has photos.

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Filed Under: Eyewitness, Police

Eyewitness Expert Not Allowed To Get Into Individual Witnesses Reliability

April 22, 2019 By Arthur McGibbons

People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501 (March). Episode 618 (Duration 11:38)

Kid got his eyewitness expert witness on the stand, but the witness was not allowed to get into what she thought about the reliability of the witness.

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Filed Under: Expert, Eyewitness

Will You Be Ineffective If You Don’t Call An Eyewitness Expert Witness?

March 19, 2019 By Arthur McGibbons

People v. Macklin, 2019 IL App (1st) 161165 (March). Episode 604 (Duration 9:02)

Was defense counsel ineffective for not calling an eyewitness expert witness?

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Filed Under: Expert, Eyewitness

Reversible Error For The State To Spring A Doctored Image Before The Jury

June 25, 2018 By Arthur McGibbons

People v. Middleton, 2018 IL App (1st) 152040 (June). Episode 503 (Duration 17:07)

Here’s the photo… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Eyewitness, Prosecutorial Misconduct

Single Finger Eyewitness Identification Cases Remain Alive And Well

January 9, 2018 By Arthur McGibbons

In re N.A., 2018 IL App (1st) 181332 (December). Episode 578 (Duration 7:08)

It it still appropriate to allow a conviction based on the word of one eyewitness? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Eyewitness

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