Savory Twins: right idea, wrong execution.

So, Dorothy Savory had the right idea: the eyewitness couldn't really identify the black male who stole her purse. In our Alice-In-Wonderland system, you can't let the jury know that eyewitness testimony is demonstrably unreliable. So, Dorothy probably thought, I'll just show it's unreliability in this case. Apparently, the problem is in the execution. She didn't let the judge know. In surrounding jurisdictions that have preliminary hearings, it is not unheard of to not have the charged defendant sitting at counsel table, and have him or her sitting in the gallery. In my many years of practice, I've seen prosecutors point out the defendant through the courtroom window, but that's apparently o.k. (You would think the only black guy sitting in the courtroom would be enough of a clue!)