State v. King

This case involves the admissibility of in-court identifications made by two young boys. Defendant was convicted of first degree sexual abuse,① committed by touching the penis of a nine-year-old boy.② The in-court identifications of defendant were made by the nine-year-old victim and his 11-year-old brother.

Defendant appeals, arguing that the in-court identifications should have been suppressed because they did not derive from independent knowledge of defendant’s appearance at the time of the crime. Defendant argues that these identifications were tainted by an allegedly suggestive show-up…