State v. Daniels

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by allowing the State’s witness, Carl Boswell, to make an in-court identification of defendant. He argues that the pretrial identification procedure in which defendant was shown singly to Boswell was so suggestive as to lead to a tainted identification. We cannot agree.

Although the practice of showing suspects singly for identification purposes has been recognized as suggestive and has been widely condemned, whether such confrontation violates due process depends upon the totality of the circumstances. Neil v.…