Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/21/2011

Commonwealth v. Walker

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460 Mass. 590
953 N.E.2d 195
2011 Mass. LEXIS 838

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announcing that study committee would convene regarding eyewitness identification procedures and related model jury instructions
announcing that study committee would convene regarding eyewitness identification procedures and related model jury instructions
announcing that study committee would convene regarding eyewitness identification procedures and related model jury instructions
convening study group \to consider how we can best deter unnecessarily suggestive procedures and whether existing model. fury instructions provide adequate . guidance to juries in evaluating eyewitness testimony\
“Unless there are exigent or extraordinary circumstances,” photographic array should not contain fewer than five fillers for every suspect
“all-suspect array significantly and needlessly increases the potentially unjust consequences that may arise from a false positive identification”

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