Rossi is suspected of committing a robbery and appears in a lineup in which the store clerk claims that he is the robber. As it turns out, Rossi simply looks remarkably like the person who committed the crime, but did not, himself, commit the crime. Rossi has been a victim of ____.
A) correct rejection
B) incorrect rejection
C) correct identification
D) false identification

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Rossi has been falsely identified as the robber, making it a case of false identification.

Rossi Is Suspected of Committing a Robbery and Appears in a Lineup