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Panel hears challenge to identification, video labeling and phone‑extraction testimony in juvenile case
Summary
Counsel for a juvenile argued multiple errors at trial: problematic in‑court identifications, an exhibit labeled 'Juvenile holding gun' that may have influenced the jury, and contested phone‑extraction testimony and chain‑of‑custody for digital evidence.
Caroline Alpert, representing the juvenile appellant, told the court the trial included several serious evidentiary errors that undermined the identity and gun‑related evidence. She said eyewitness identification was weak (momentary glimpses at night, cross‑racial identification, equivocal initial IDs), yet witnesses later gave stronger courtroom testimony. Alpert urged the panel to view that combination as prejudicial in an identity case and noted the absence of…
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