Does a witness have to be able to provide a description of the clothing of the suspect?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Higgins, F065359 (Cal. App. 2014):
note of the suspect's clothing as well. Cazares's attention was focused on defendant during the encounter and he accurately described defendant as he looked at the time of the robbery. (See People v. Cunningham, supra, 25 Cal.4th at p. 989.)
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