New Jersey Supreme Court Embraces Greenberg Traurig and Innocence Project Arguments to Adopt New Witness Identification Standards
September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023
MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 27 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release:
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous opinion that will make criminal trials in the state fairer by curtailing first-time in-court witness identifications (FITIC IDs), an inherently suggestive procedure where defendants are positively identified for the first time during trial from the witness stand, rather than in pre-trial investigations.
The opinion was is . . .
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous opinion that will make criminal trials in the state fairer by curtailing first-time in-court witness identifications (FITIC IDs), an inherently suggestive procedure where defendants are positively identified for the first time during trial from the witness stand, rather than in pre-trial investigations.
The opinion was is . . .