Opinion ID: 1277356
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Heading: Amy's Identification of Defendant

Text: Amy attended a law enforcement lineup on May 12, 1986, in which she observed five individuals through a one-way mirror. Upon recognizing one of the individuals, amy fell, believing that the floor would be safer. She noted on the sheriffs form that the individual she picked out had different hair color, looked younger. In court, she identified that same individual as defendant, and as the man who had picked her up in the brown Toyota. Riverside County Sheriffs Department Senior Investigator Dennis Harter testified that he was present at the police lineup in which Amy identified defendant as the suspect in her case. Harter testified that as soon as defendant (who occupied the second position in the lineup) entered the lineup room, Amy gestured in his direction and immediately grabbed her mouth as if to keep herself from yelling, she began to cry and she ducked down to the ground below the one-way viewing glass. Harter described Amy's emotional state when she viewed defendant as very distraught; after the participants in the lineup departed from the room, Amy began to cry uncontrollably. Harter added that after she regained some composure, Amy stated, It's No. 2, he killed Diane, he killed Diane. Harter recalled that at the lineup, Amy noted that defendant's hairstyle appeared different from what it had been on the day she and Diane encountered him. Detective Moker testified that at the lineup, defendant's hair appeared to be wet or oily ... and it was combed almost straight back.... When Harter returned to the jail the next day to visit defendant, defendant's hair appeared as it did at the time of defendant's arrest. Photos depicting defendant's appearance at the lineup, and on the day thereafter, were admitted into evidence.