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====== IDENTIFICATION ====== | ====== IDENTIFICATION ====== | ||
- | 1. Introduction | + | The basic rules for the evidential requirements for recording identification of a suspect in a witness statement is summarised in the acronym ADVOKATE from Turnbull 1977 |
- | This introduction provides an overview of the contents of this section. | + | |
+ | **A**mount of time | ||
+ | **D**istance | ||
+ | **V**isibility | ||
+ | **O**bstructions | ||
+ | **K**nown or seen before | ||
+ | **A**ny reason to remember | ||
+ | **T**imelapse between first and subsequent description | ||
+ | **Errors between 1st description and actual appearance | ||
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+ | 1. Introduction\\ | ||
Where a suspect disputes identification, the prosecution will be put to proof that the defendant is, beyond all reasonable doubt, the person who committed the offence. | Where a suspect disputes identification, the prosecution will be put to proof that the defendant is, beyond all reasonable doubt, the person who committed the offence. | ||