Court Opinion

ID: 9423473
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:07:53.474176+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:44.512190
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Clark,
concurring.
With reference to the lineup point involved in this case I cannot, for the life of me, see why a lineup is not a critical stage of the prosecution. Identification of the suspect — a’prerequisite to establishment of guilt — occurs at this stage, and with Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (1966), on the books, the requirement of the presence of counsel arises, unless waived by the suspect. I dissented in Miranda but I am bound by it now, as we all are. Schmerber v. California, 384 U. S. 757 (1966), precludes petitioner’s claim of self-incrimination. I therefore join the opinion of the Court.