Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/12/1987

Commonwealth v. Melvin

Citations

503 N.E.2d 649
399 Mass. 201
1987 Mass. LEXIS 1127

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involving array in which the victim specifically testified that the distinguishing feature — an arm sling — played “no part” in his selection of defendant’s photograph, which was based “solely on his [original] observations” of the suspect
photograph in an array may not “single out any distinguishing personal characteristics of defendant not possessed by the men in the other photographs”
“we ‘disapprove of an array of photographs which distinguishes one suspect from all the others on the basis of some physical characteristic’ ”
identification from photographic array where subject has a distinctive feature permissible where witness clearly did not select photograph on that basis

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan

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