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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Duhart finds the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to exclude identification evidence made through the use of a photo array during his murder trial. Although he was the only individual pictured with a unibrow and with a photo taken in front of a white background, the backgrounds of the other images are all different colors, all of the individuals' hairstyles are different, and there is nothing unduly suggestive about the array. Meanwhile, the trial court properly excluded a statement from the mother of a deceased individual who allegedly claimed to be the shooter because the individual had already been investigated and denied any involvement until the admission to his mother more than a year later and immediately before his death; therefore, there was insufficient evidence to support the trustworthiness of the statement. Affirmed.