H566 - Amend Eyewitness Identification/Show-Up (SL 2015-212)

Overview: S.L. 2015-212 amends the Eyewitness Identification Reform Act to clarify that law enforcement officers may be eyewitnesses; to set minimum standards for show-ups; and to require the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission to develop additional policies on the conduct of show-ups. The policies required to be adopted by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission must be adopted by August 1, 2016, and become applicable to all law enforcement on August 1, 2016.

Except as otherwise provided, this act became effective December 1, 2015, and applies to eyewitness identifications and show-ups conducted on or after that date.