Toriano Pitre
2015-10-08
Introduction This criminal case is an example of potential mistaken eyewitness identification. It was the only evidence produced at trial. Around 19:15 P.M. on November 23, 1993, two (black) men in ski masks, jumpsuit, and gloves entered the Helzberg Diamonds store in the Irving Mall, Irving, Texas, smashed a jewelry glass case with a sledgehammer, took the jewelry (several tennis bracelets) and ran out. A bystander, Michael Selheim, chased the thieves to the getaway car in the darker mall parking lot. Selheim is the only eyewitness who picked Toriano Pitre’s photo from a photo line-up, but his statements made to police and later during trialRead More →