Opinion ID: 673769
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Admission of In-Court Identification Testimony

Text: 20 McFarland asserts that his in-court identification by Gladys Glenn should have been suppressed because the identification was tainted by an unduly suggestive pretrial procedure. Glenn was a bartender in the Judge's Court Bar on the night of the robbery and witnessed the murder. Glenn was shown numerous photographs by the Gary police department on the night of the robbery and at subsequent sessions and did not identify McFarland. Glenn also participated in a police lineup in Valparaiso, Indiana, in which McFarland was present and did not identify anyone. Nevertheless, at trial Glenn positively identified McFarland based on her observations on the night of the crime. 21 McFarland must satisfy a two-part test in challenging the admissibility of Glenn's identification testimony. United States v. Duprey, 895 F.2d 303, 307 (7th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 495 U.S. 906 (1990); see also Montgomery v. Greer, 956 F.2d 677, 681 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 460 (1992). First, McFarland must establish that the pretrial identification procedures were impermissibly suggestive. Duprey, 895 F.2d at 307. If McFarland satisfies this burden, we must consider whether the procedures were so unduly suggestive as to give rise to irreparable mistaken identification-or stated in the affirmative, whether the identification, viewed under the totality of the circumstances, is reliable despite the suggestive procedure[s]. Id.; accord Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98, 114 (1977); Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188, 198-99 (1972); Montgomery, 956 F.2d at 681. 22 McFarland has clearly failed to establish that the pretrial identification procedures were impermissibly suggestive. Glenn was shown numerous photographs by the Gary police on several occasions. There is no evidence in the record that any photograph was pointed out to her by the police or otherwise emphasized in any way. There is no evidence in the record that the police prompted Glenn to identify McFarland at the lineup, nor is there any evidence that McFarland stood out from any of the other men in the lineup. Cf. Foster v. California, 394 U.S. 440, 443 (1969) (Suggestive elements in identification procedures made it all but inevitable that the witness would identify the petitioner whether or not he was in fact 'the man.' In effect, the police repeatedly said to the witness, 'This is the man.' ). Indeed, Glenn testified at the pretrial suppression hearing that she was able to identify McFarland at the lineup but declined to do so because she feared for her life and was frightened from being face-to-face with McFarland at the jail. 23 AFFIRMED.