Summary
First-time in-court eyewitness identifications, without a prior successful nonsuggestive identification, involve due process. Trial courts must prescreen these identifications. In this case, the error was harmless.
Summary
First-time identifications made by eyewitnesses in court, without a successful and fair identification made before the trial, raise concerns about due process. These identifications must be reviewed by the trial court beforehand. In this particular case, any error made was not significant enough to change the outcome.
Summary
First-time in-court eyewitness identifications, without a prior successful and fair identification, raise concerns about due process. These identifications should be reviewed by the trial court beforehand. In this specific case, the mistake made was not serious enough to change the outcome.
Summary
The court decided that special rules apply when someone identifies a person for the first time in court. This is true if they have not already identified the person in a fair way before the trial. A judge must check these in-court identifications first. In this specific case, there was a mistake, but it did not change the outcome.