ULC

Committees

Eyewitness Identification Procedures

Description

This committee will consider and make recommendations concerning the need for and feasibility of drafting and enacting an act concerning procedures to be used when police and prosecutors conduct eyewitness identifications. Mistaken eyewitness identifications are the single most frequent cause of wrongful convictions. An act on this topic might include, for example, provisions concerning the conduct of lineups (usually conducted at a police station) or “showups” at the scene of a crime, instructions that should be given to eyewitnesses prior to a lineup or showup, jury instructions and expert testimony concerning eyewitness identifications, and other matters.

Committee Members

David D. Biklen Chair
Raul E. Burciaga Member
Walter L. Carpeneti Member
Barry H. Evenchick Member
Gail Hagerty Member
Gorman Houston Member
James Ohrenschall Member
Cam Ward Member
Gail Hagerty Division C Chair Member
Andrew Taslitz Reporter
Maureen Essex ABA Section Advisor
Susan Gaertner ABA Section Advisor
John A. Sebert Staff Liaison