Shawna Cox challenges eyewitness ID of her with firearm at refuge - #BundyTeaParty

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on August 19, 2016 at 12:34 PM
updated August 19, 2016 at 2:20 PM

... O'Connor .. mentioned seeing five women cooking in the kitchen, awkwardly wearing holstered handguns, the agent testified Friday ...

The government is relying on O'Connor's identification of Cox that night as the primary evidence that led to the charge against Cox of possessing a firearm in a federal facility, Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Barrow revealed during the hearing.

Cox's standby counsel, Tiffany Harris, urged the court to throw out the witness identification of Cox, arguing that the photo identification didn't follow standard law enforcement procedures for a photo array and was "unduly suggestive'' and unreliable ...

The agent ... testified that he asked O'Connor to identify the so-called "crazy men'' from the photo sheet but never asked O'Connor to point out the women he had seen in the kitchen. O'Connor pointed to the women voluntarily, Smith said ...

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