Where a victim positively identifies an accused on a photo board as the offender, the evidence has significant probative value even where the victim's verbal description of the offender is inconsistent with the appearance of the person identified. Inconsistencies between verbal descriptions and photo board identifications go to weight rather than admissibility and can ordinarily be addressed by appropriate cautionary directions to the jury.
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