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Find all the parts of the Model Jury Instructions on Eyewitness Identification, including the statement of the Supreme Judicial Court, the preliminary/contemporaneous instruction, and the model eyewitness identification instruction.

Organization: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Massachusetts Court System
Date published: February 20, 2026

Introduction

The Supreme Judicial Court approves and recommends the use of the Model Eyewitness Identification Instructions, as revised in 2026. The 2026 revisions replace the Model Eyewitness Identification Instructions issued in 2015.

The Supreme Judicial Court continues to recommend the use of the Preliminary/Contemporaneous Eyewitness Identification Instruction issued in 2015.

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Clerk's Office for the Commonwealth (617) 557-1020

Maura A. Looney, Esq., Clerk

Clerk's Office for the County of Suffolk (617) 557-1100

Allison S. Cartwright, Esq., Clerk

Public Information Office (617) 557-1114

Jennifer Donahue, Public Information Officer

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