When a Witness Is Certain of the Identification of a Suspect

question 58

Multiple Choice

When a witness is certain of the identification of a suspect after a suggestive identification procedure,the court will be concerned with the reliability of the identification because:

• A)The suggestiveness of the procedure overbears the witness's willpower.
• B)The witness's identification is based on the suggestive procedure.
• C)The witness retains in his or her memory the image of the suggestive photo or lineup rather than that of the person actually seen,thus causing irreparable misidentification.
• D)A suggestive procedure makes a witness's identification unreliable regardless of whether a witness is certain of the identification.