There had been an identification parade, but the witness had not made an unqualified identification of the defendant. He now appealed admission of the evidence from ID parade.
Held: Recognising the difficulties in identification evidence, and the dangers identified in Turnbull, with appropriate caution a qualified identification might be admitted, either where it supported other evidence, or where the context explained the limited identification, and was not used to undermine a witness. The judge must take care to balance the prejudice and the value of the evidence before admitting it.
Judges:
Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice, Mr Justice Curtis and Mr Justice Henriques
Citations:
Times 30-Aug-2002, Gazette 03-Oct-2002, [2002] EWCA Crim 1923
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Turnbull and Another etc CCA 9-Jun-1976
The defendants appealed against their convictions which had been based upon evidence of visual identification.
Held: Identification evidence can be unreliable, and courts must take steps to reduce injustice. The judge should warn the jury of . .
Cited by:
See Also – George v Regina CACD 15-Nov-2007
The defendant appealed against his conviction for the murder of the BBC presenter Jill Dando. He said that the prosecution had relied heavily on the discovery, a year later, of a single particle of firearm discharge residue.
Held: The evidence . .
Cited – HM Attorney General v MGN Ltd and Another Admn 29-Jul-2011
The police arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of a young woman. He was later released and exonerated, and a second man arrested and later convicted. Whilst the first was in custody the two defendant newspapers, the Daily Mirror and the Sun . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Crime, Evidence
Updated: 30 June 2022; Ref: scu.174353
