Opinion ID: 2183753
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Heading: the lineup identification testimony

Text: Because the trial judge granted Ryder's motion to suppress, there was no evidence presented that Buckle had picked him out of a lineup. Ryder concedes that the appellate court's contrary view of the record is mistaken. Buckle was permitted to testify, however, that he told the police at Curtis' lineup that Curtis resembled the man involved in the robbery. Assuming that the uncounseled lineup violated the defendant's sixth amendment right, Gilbert requires that this testimony by Buckle be excluded. ( Gilbert v. California (1967), 388 U.S. 263, 273, 18 L.Ed.2d 1178, 1186, 87 S.Ct. 1951, 1957.) Whether the admission of this testimony affected the outcome of the trial is considered later in this opinion.