Opinion ID: 2674005
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Identification of Defendant

Text: Defendant argues that the evidence was not sufficient to show that he was the person involved in the December 9 transaction. He argues that “Knowles’ identification of [Defendant] as the participant is derivative of Lt. Bannister’s identification and rests on only one alleged face to face contact of relative short duration with [Defendant].” 5 Aplt. Br. at 11. He also argues that Brasser’s identification was based only on a brief view of the suspect “from the shoulder up.” Id. These arguments ask us to do what we cannot—reweigh the evidence and determine the credibility and reliability of the witnesses. And even if we were to completely disregard Bannister’s testimony in light of his difficulty differentiating between pictures of Defendant and his brother, Knowles identified Defendant after they sat “shoulder-to-shoulder” with each other in his car at least twice on December 9, R., Vol. 3 at 43, 46, and Brasser corroborated the identification with her own observations. We cannot overturn the verdict for lack of sufficient identification evidence.