What is the test for extrajudicial identification in a murder case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia, 138 Cal.App.3d 976, 188 Cal.Rptr. 353 (Cal. App. 1983):
Under People v. Gould, supra, 54 Cal.2d 621, 7 Cal.Rptr. 273, 354 P.2d 865, we are obliged to examine the evidence to determine if there was, besides the extrajudicial identification, "other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the crime."
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