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Pretrial lineup

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003884

A procedure in which a crime victim or witness is asked to identify a suspect from a group of individuals, typically including both the suspect and several look-alikes. This is conducted before a trial to test the reliability of an eyewitness identification. The Sixth Amendment right to counsel applies to post-indictment lineups.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003884
FieldLaw
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