Reyes v. State

Andy E. Reyes v. State of Maryland, No. 1426, Sept. Term 2021. Opinion by Albright, J. Criminal Procedure – Identifications Generally During a confirmatory identification, a witness is asked to confirm that a suspect is the person the witness knew from before the crime. In contrast, during a selective identification, a witness attempts to select and identify an unknown perpetrator after being presented with at least one suspect. Criminal Procedure – Confirmatory Identifications – Constitutional Analysis The difference between confirmatory and selective identifications stems from…