People v. Anderson

This is a very complicated case. A woman was brutally raped and murder attempted. After the woman was found in critical condition she was questioned at the hospital by various persons as to the identity of her assailant. Based on that information, a suspect was arrested and a Polaroid shot taken of him. This Polaroid along with a number of "mug shots” was under various times and circumstances shown to the victim. In each case she identified the defendant.

The heart of the prosecution’s case was identification of the defendant by the victim. At trial defendant objected to identification being…