Principle

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Identification Evidence – Uncorroborated Identification – Duty of Trial Court

Area of law
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

In cases where identification is the sole evidence linking the accused to the crime, the trial judge must warn themselves of the danger of mistaken identification. Failure to give such a warning may render the conviction unsafe. The warning should be explicit in the judgment.…

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