Court Opinion

ID: 9884554
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 03:01:24.014324+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:39.442917
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Schaefer, concurring: Whether the defendant’s lineup violated the “totality of circumstances” test discussed in Stovall v. Denno (1967), 388 U.S. 293, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1199, 87 S. Ct. 1967, presents a difficult question and one concerning which I find it unnecessary to express an opinion at this time. Both the record in this case and the opinion of the appellate court make it clear that there was an independent identification of the defendant by photograph prior to the lineup (People v. Derengowski, 67 Ill. App. 2d 66, 70; see, United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 241, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1149, 1165, 87 S. Ct. 1926), and there is nothing in the record which indicates that this identification was tainted by impermissible suggestion. See Simmons v. United States (1968), 390 U.S. 377, 19 L. Ed. 2d 1247, 88 S. Ct. 967. For this reason I concur in the affirmance of the judgment.