Commonwealth v. Williams

By

Judge David W. Lannetti

Today the Court rules on the motion filed by Defendant Hylek S. Williams seeking to suppress all out-of-court and in-court identifications by Eric McGinnis, of Williams, stemming from a show-up identification (the “Motion To Suppress”), as well as Williams’s Motion for Funds for Eyewitness Expert (the “Motion for Funds”). The issues before the Court are as follows: (1) whether the show up of Williams was unnecessarily suggestive; (2) if suggestive, whether the show up was nevertheless reliable; and (3) whether Williams is entitled to funding from the Commonwealth to…