Opinion ID: 1839020
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Heading: unduly suggestive in-court identification

Text: Mackbee's counsel made a motion to the court to either remove Mackbee from the courtroom or place him in the audience among persons of his race whenever the State attempted to elicit identification testimony from a witness. The court denied the motion stating, [W]e are not going to play hide and seek, no, we are not going to play hide and seek in the courtroom or Easter egg hunt, or anything of that sort... . (Vol. I, T. 43-5). Mackbee contends that because he was the only black male seated at counsel table during the in-court identification, such was highly suggestive. Mackbee submits that in a totally circumstantial capital case, it cannot be argued that a highly suggestive in-court identification was merely harmless. (Brief of Appellant at 41).