Whether a district court commits error in a federal criminal case by failing to provide a specific eyewitness identification instruction

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a district court commits error in a federal criminal case by failing to provide a specific eyewitness identification instruction, which requires the jurors to scrutinize relevant factors bearing on the reliability of eyewitness identifications, when identity is the contested issue at trial and there are facts undermining the reliability of the eyewitnesses’ identifications. i STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES ¢ United States v. Martel Valencia-Cortez, No. 16CR00730-H, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Judgment entered August 28, 2017. ¢ United States v. Martel Valencia-Cortez, No. 17-50330, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judgment entered April 24, 2019. ii