context: Her identification of the defendant should not be discounted simply because she is not a police officer specially trained to observe details. Further, her description of the burglar, although lacking in some details, substantially agreed with the defendant's appearance.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 459 A.2d 259, 262
citation_a.parenthetical: upholding the trial court's finding that the identification was reliable where "[t]he inconsistency between the defendant's appearance and the victim's description of him was limited to the absence of a moustache and a discrepancy in hair length"
citation_a.sentence: See State v. Heald, 120 N.H. 319, 323, 414 A.2d 1288, 1290 (1980) (holding that the descriptions given by three witnesses were sufficiently accurate, despite the fact that they varied in detail); see also State v. Allard, 123 N.H. 209, 214, 459 A.2d 259, 262, cert. denied, 464 U.S. 933 (1983) (upholding the trial court’s finding that the identification was reliable where “[t]he inconsistency between the defendant’s appearance and the victim’s description of him was limited to the absence of a moustache and a discrepancy in hair length”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 120 N.H. 319, 323
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that the descriptions given by three witnesses were sufficiently accurate, despite the fact that they varied in detail
citation_b.sentence: See State v. Heald, 120 N.H. 319, 323, 414 A.2d 1288, 1290 (1980) (holding that the descriptions given by three witnesses were sufficiently accurate, despite the fact that they varied in detail); see also State v. Allard, 123 N.H. 209, 214, 459 A.2d 259, 262, cert. denied, 464 U.S. 933 (1983) (upholding the trial court’s finding that the identification was reliable where “[t]he inconsistency between the defendant’s appearance and the victim’s description of him was limited to the absence of a moustache and a discrepancy in hair length”).