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382 A.2d 866

State v. Labare

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 24, 1978

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1978-02-24

Relies on Kirby v. Illinois · State v. Niemszyk · State v. Boucher

Decided 1978-02-24

PER CURIAM.

¶1The presiding justice did not err in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of a pre-indictment, out-of-court lineup involving the defendant. No right to counsel attached at that stage in the proceedings. Kirby v. Illinois, 406 U.S. 682, 92 S.Ct. 1877, 32 L.Ed.2d 411 (1972); State v. Niemszyk, Me., 303 A.2d 105 (1973). Furthermore, although the presiding justice failed to make “explicit, on-the-record findings” as to the out-of-court identification, see State v. Colby, Me., 361 A.2d 256, 262 (1976), we conclude from the evidence that the lineup was not impermissibly suggestive. State v. Boucher, Me., 376 A.2d 478, 479 (1977).

¶2The entry must be:

¶3Appeal denied.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

DELAHANTY, J., did not sit.
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