MO SB732

Establishes comprehensive eyewitness identification procedures including requirements for blind or blinded administrators, sequential presentation of suspects, minimum of five fillers, and video/audio recording of confidence statements; law enforcement agencies must adopt written policies by January 1, 2015 and submit biennial reviews to the Department of Public Safety.

Creates pretrial hearing procedures for suppressing eyewitness identification evidence based on suggestiveness, with the defendant producing initial evidence of suggestiveness and the state then bearing the burden to prove reliability; allows expert testimony on eyewitness identification and requires jury instructions on reliability factors.

Mandates recording of custodial interrogations for specified serious felonies (murder, assault, robbery, rape, sodomy, kidnapping, child abuse, and related crimes) with statements presumed inadmissible unless recorded or an exception applies; state bears burden of proving exceptions apply or statement reliability.

Requires preservation of biological evidence until offenders convicted as a result are released from prison (or 20 years after execution for first-degree murder cases) and mandates law enforcement develop written guidelines for collection and preservation of biological evidence with specific documentation requirements.

Requires crime laboratories to notify prosecutors and defense attorneys before consuming DNA samples, allowing two business days for court orders prohibiting testing before proceeding.