Dock Identification in UK Law
- Dock Identification: Compatibility with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
... ... REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL OMMIlTEE ON EVIDENCE OF IDENTIFICATION IN CRIMINAL CASES 1. Introduction The subject of evidence of ... be given in evidence, the consequence of which is that a dock identification will be allowed.2u In view of the importance of ... ...
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The Corroboration Requirement in Scottish Criminal Trials: Should it Be Retained for Some Forms of Problematic Evidence?
The merits of corroborated evidence in criminal trials have been hotly debated in many jurisdictions, with most having now abandoned this requirement. The Scottish government intends to do likewise...... ... In respect of visual identification evidence, it is argued that anysafeguard which corroboration might have ... thepurpose of this is simply to confirm that the person in the dock is indeed theperson whom the witness has previously identified as having ... ...
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Noticeboard
... ... evidence against her husband in the forthcomingcriminal proceedings.Dock identificationUnited Kingdom (Scotland)English courts have a long-standing ... presence in the dockwill bias the witness toward making the identification. In Scotland the attitude isquite the opposite: dock identifications are a ... ...
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
... ... [1997]1 WLR 548, anappeal was founded on an attack upon the identification evidence of theoff-duty officers who had witnessed the events on the bus, ... stated that he could identifyhim and did so by pointing to him in the dock. He had earlier identifiedhim at the shoot-out and the arrest of the ... ...
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Noticeboard
... ... ) rebut allegation of invention, (b) as evidence of previous identification, (c) as evidence of recent complaint. A number of safeguards are ... Identification -dock identification in criminal proceedings A court could allow a dock ... ...
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THE DOCK—SHOULD IT BE ABOLISHED?
... ... 4. Identification When the defendant is isolated in the dock, a witness has no dificulty in identifying him. Such identification is a ... ...
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
... ... decisionsand statements relating to evidence of visual identification in casesof murder. Junior Reidv. The Queen [1989] 3 W.L.R. 771 affordedthe ... one of the cases before the Board on the present occasion,there was a dock identification at a preliminary inquiry and againtwo years later at the ... ...
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Identification Officers' Guide to Recent Judicial Decisions
... ... In such a casean identification parade should be held and the prosecution should not beallowed to make a dock identification. The bottom line is that there is adifference between recognition and identification and - wbere a victimdoes not know the ... ...
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