People v. Bryant

I dissent and would affirm the judgment of the appellate court. I agree with the appellate court that the photographic identification employed in this case was impermissibly and unnecessarily suggestive.

The majority states: “More importantly, the evidence shows that Norma Lederer’s out-of-court identification was reliable.” (94 Ill. 2d at 520.) Considering that when she made the identification she had already been shown the clothing taken from defendant, that she was shown a Polaroid photograph, and admittedly the mask worn by the robber to a great extent covered his features, this is, at…