Opinion ID: 1642283
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Heading: Failure to Challenge Absence of Counsel at Lineup

Text: Sanders contends that since his constitutional rights were violated when he was not allowed representation at his lineup, his trial counsel's failure to challenge the lineup on that basis denied him the effective assistance of counsel. There being no right to counsel at a lineup until a complaint, indictment, or information is filed, State v. Evans, 224 Neb. 64, 395 N.W.2d 563 (1986), State v. Ellis, 219 Neb. 408, 363 N.W.2d 389 (1985), and Kirby v. Illinois, 406 U.S. 682, 92 S.Ct. 1877, 32 L.Ed.2d 411 (1972), the defendant's trial counsel was not deficient in failing to contend that Sanders was denied effective assistance of counsel at the lineup.