Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

101.   Exclusion of evidence of identification by pictures

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    (1)   This section—

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      (a)     applies in relation to identification evidence adduced by the prosecutor where the identification was made wholly or partly as a result of the person who made the identification examining pictures kept for the use of police officers; and

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      (b)     applies in addition to section 100.

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    (2)   Where the defendant was in the custody of a police officer in connection with the investigation of an offence at the time when the pictures were examined, the identification evidence is not admissible unless—

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      (a)     the picture of the defendant that was examined was made after the defendant had been taken into that custody; or

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      (b)     the pictures examined included a reasonable number of pictures of persons who were not, at the time when the pictures were made, in the custody of a police officer in connection with the investigation of an offence,

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    and the identification was made without the person who made it having been intentionally influenced to make that identification.

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    (3)   In any other case, other than that mentioned in subsection (2), the identification evidence is not admissible unless the pictures examined included a reasonable number of pictures of persons who were not, at the time when the pictures were made, in the custody of a police officer in connection with the investigation of an offence.

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    (4)   Where the evidence concerning an identification of a defendant that was made after examining a picture has been adduced by that defendant, the preceding provisions of this section do not render inadmissible evidence adduced by the prosecutor, being evidence that contradicts or qualifies that evidence.

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    (5)   In this section—

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      (a)     “picture” includes a photograph; and

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      (b)     a reference to the making of a picture includes a reference to the taking of a photograph.