lineup

A police identification procedure by which the suspect in a crime is exhibited, along with others with similar physical characteristics, before the victim or witness to determine if he can be identified as having committed the offense. To be accepted as valid, the lineup must meet certain standards and be free of undue suggestiveness. U. S. v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 87 S.Ct. 1926, 18 L.Ed.2d 1149.

If the standards are met, the person who has identified the defendant may so testify at trial. "Lineup" involves and requires lining up of a number of individuals from which one of those lined up may or may not be identified as committer of a crime and there cannot be a one-man lineup. Dozie v. State, 49 Wis.2d 209, 181 N.W.2d 369, 371.

Post-indictment lineups are considered to be a "critical stage" of criminal proceedings at which the accused has the constitutional right to be represented by counsel. United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218, 87 S.Ct. 1926, 18 L.Ed.2d 1149; Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263, 87 S.Ct. 1951, 18 L.Ed.2d 1178.

Though stationhouse lineup may be suggestive, it is admissible if under totality of circumstances victim's identification was reliable. Neil v. Diggers, 409 U.S. 188, 93 S.Ct. 375, 34 L.Fxl.2d 401

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