Cathy Witnesses a Carjacking

question 111

Multiple Choice

Cathy witnesses a carjacking. A few days later, she is called to the police station to identify the culprit from a lineup. Cathy is most likely to be accurate if

• A) the police tell her that the culprit is in the lineup.
• B) one of the men in the lineup resembles the description that Cathy had given the police, while the other men in the lineup look very different from that description.
• C) she is first presented with some mug shots and then views a lineup containing one of the men whose mug shot she has seen.
• D) she observes the suspect one at a time rather than together in a single lineup.

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