{"id":404,"date":"2015-05-20T04:45:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T04:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2015\/05\/eyewitness-testimony-after-com.html"},"modified":"2015-05-20T04:45:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T04:45:20","slug":"eyewitness-testimony-after-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/eyewitness-testimony-after-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyewitness Testimony in Massachusetts after Commonwealth v. Crayton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <u>Commonwealth v. Crayton<\/u>, 470 Mass. 228 (2014), the SJC issued an important decision regarding in court identification testimony. The SJC held that if there is no prior identification of the defendant by the witness prior to trial, then an identification for the first time in court is unnecessarily suggestive and the CW must file a motion in limine to admit the in-court identification.<\/p>\n<p>The Court held that an in court identification is suggestive in the same way that a show up identification is and should require the Commonwealth to establish the same foundation to admit the identification. The Court held that it will treat an in court identification without any prior identification as an in-court show up and require the Commonwealth to show good reason for its admission. The Court listed a number of factors that would fall within the &#8220;Good Reason&#8221; category:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/eyewitness-testimony-after-com\/#more-404\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Commonwealth v. 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