mistaken identity

mistaken identity
a) Falsely believing that someone is someone else.

The police arrested the wrong man; the media reported it as a case of mistaken identity.

b) A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.

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