MATTER OF MARK J


96 Misc.2d 733 (1979)

In the Matter of Mark J., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Respondent.

Family Court, New York County.

January 4, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Barton Strock of counsel), for petitioner. Barry Mallin, Law Guardian, for respondent.


AILEEN HAAS SCHWARTZ, J.

No more vexing issue confronts the court in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding than the reliability of eyewitness identification. "The vagaries of eyewitness identification are well known; the annals of criminal law are rife with instances of mistaken identification", the Supreme Court observed in United States v Wade (388 U.S. 218, 228...

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