Model motion requesting a jury instruction on eyewitness identification testimony

This is the type of brief an attorney files in support of a request for a non-default jury instruction.

Just read the bolded text at the beginning and then just skim the remainder to get a sense of the kind of authority lawyers use to support such requests.

Note: The references to the “Redbook” instructions are references to that jurisdictions default (pattern) jury instructions.

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